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#36, Word of the Week: plumply • \PLUMP-lee\

By Tarun Patel

WORD: plumply • \PLUMP-lee\ adverb

MEANING : in a wholehearted manner and without hesitation or circumlocution :forthrightly

EXAMPLE: Having taken offense at the remark, Sir Jeffrey plumply asked the man if his insult was intentional.

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Tarun Patel (http://tarunpatel.net/blog/) is an ELT and Communication skills teacher, working with Charotar University of Science & Technology (CHARUSAT - http://charusat.ac.in/). He has been dealing with the Language learning processes for last seven years. 'Technology in Teaching English' is his favorite domain and he has presented several research papers in national and international conferences on the same theme. He is the founder editor of ELTWeekly (http://eltweekly.com/), India's first weekly ELT eNewsletter which reaches in more than  forty countries and benefits more than 1600d teachers of English and Communication Skills. Have a look at his personal blog http://tarunpatel.net/blog/.

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