1.
~ combines with adjectives to form words that describe someone’s character, attitude, opinions, or intelligence.
These are evil~ people...
He is famous for his tough~ professionalism.
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2.
~ combines with adverbs to form adjectives that indicate that someone is interested in a particular subject or is able to think in a particular way.
I am not an academically~ person...
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3.
~ combines with nouns to form adjectives that indicate that someone thinks a particular thing is important or cares a lot about it.
He is seen as more business~ than his predecessor...
We weren’t career~ like girls are today.
= -oriented
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