▲ 209 ▼ A Cool guide of words you can use instead of very. (lemmy.ca) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by partybot@lemmy.ca [B] to c/coolguides@lemmy.ca 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Author: /u/Traditional_Mix_4314 Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments
[+] Carcel@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Apart from that, there's honestly a lot that bugs me about it. For the most part though, these are all depending on the use case and would require you to have a relative mastery of english. A couple are... Simple and basic can generally be interchanged with each other. There are also times when very simple means something completely different from basic. (eg. chemistry) As someone mentioned, "very perfect" wouldn't really be used in the implied sense. It would be more used to convey extreme fragility, in that destruction happens with the slightest problem. Another one is that you can be very open about your thoughts/feelings, but you wouldn't necessarily announce them by being transparent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago Yeah this. Deafening is only a better world than "very noisy" in very limited circumstances. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Very light implies weight. Luminous isn't very light. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Also, desolate sounds a lot more negative than empty to me. Maybe something like "devoid of [...]" might convey more of a similar idea? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Are you a linguist? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Apart from that, there's honestly a lot that bugs me about it. For the most part though, these are all depending on the use case and would require you to have a relative mastery of english. A couple are... Simple and basic can generally be interchanged with each other. There are also times when very simple means something completely different from basic. (eg. chemistry) As someone mentioned, "very perfect" wouldn't really be used in the implied sense. It would be more used to convey extreme fragility, in that destruction happens with the slightest problem. Another one is that you can be very open about your thoughts/feelings, but you wouldn't necessarily announce them by being transparent. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago Yeah this. Deafening is only a better world than "very noisy" in very limited circumstances. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Very light implies weight. Luminous isn't very light. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Also, desolate sounds a lot more negative than empty to me. Maybe something like "devoid of [...]" might convey more of a similar idea? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago Yeah this. Deafening is only a better world than "very noisy" in very limited circumstances. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago Very light implies weight. Luminous isn't very light. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Also, desolate sounds a lot more negative than empty to me. Maybe something like "devoid of [...]" might convey more of a similar idea? permalink fedilink source parent