adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
seemingly
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For several seemingly interminable seconds no one moved as the coolly brooding glance subjected her to a flagrantly masculine appraisal.
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The seemingly interminable day was finally reaching its dark conclusion.
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Her labour was, like her pregnancy, seemingly interminable and difficult.
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The system thus avoids the seemingly interminable delays that bedevil on-line services when they are used to transmit graphics.
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And there was all that seemingly interminable , lonely hanging around.
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As of Saturday, both of those seemingly interminable droughts had ended, meaning that only the wait for Magic Johnson remains.
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As of Saturday, both seemingly interminable droughts were over, sending historians in the organization scurrying for the record book.
■ NOUN
delay
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Just as long, that is, as the masses do not mind interminable delays .
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The system thus avoids the seemingly interminable delays that bedevil on-line services when they are used to transmit graphics.
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Link them, and the main result will be interminable delay .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He launched into an interminable monologue about his last therapy session.
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She wasn't looking forward to the interminable winter nights, alone in the cabin.
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The ride back to the city seemed interminable .
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We watched an interminable documentary on rice production.
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What's the reason for all these interminable delays?