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57 entries under adjective topic. ×
| no-nonsense(thoughtful, sober, serious, sincere) | |
| no joke(expression, tough, severe, important) | |
| no laughing matter(expression, idiom, tough, severe) | |
| of consequence(expression, tough, severe, important) | |
| operose(tough, severe, important, significant) | |
| out for blood(expression, idiom, tough, severe) | |
| purposeful(determined, resolute, resolved, focused) | |
| resolute(intense, deliberate, determined, thoughtful) | |
| resolved(thoughtful, sober, serious, sincere) | |
| sedate(thoughtful, sober, serious, sincere) | |
| serious(great, heavy, important, significant) | |
| smoking(tough, severe, important, significant) | |
| sobering(tough, severe, important, significant) | |
| solemn(thoughtful, sober, serious, sincere) | |
| somber(thoughtful, sober, serious, sincere) | |
| stable(thoughtful, sober, serious, sincere) | |
| staid(thoughtful, sober, serious, sincere) | |
| steady(intense, deliberate, determined, thoughtful) | |
| strictly business(expression, great, tough, severe) | |
| tough(severe, difficult, important, significant) |
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