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176 entries under adjective topic. ×
| pertinacious(deliberate, determined, intentional) | |
| playing hard ball(expression, idiom, intense, deliberate) | |
| pondered(deliberate, careful, thoughtful, cautious) | |
| positive(intense, deliberate, determined, resolute) | |
| practicable(good, valuable, practical, helpful) | |
| practical(good, valuable, helpful, beneficial) | |
| pragmatic(good, valuable, practical, helpful) | |
| prearranged(deliberate, careful, thoughtful, cautious) | |
| predetermined(careful, thoughtful, cautious, planned) | |
| profitable(good, valuable, practical, helpful) | |
| proper(good, valuable, practical, helpful) | |
| propitious(good, valuable, practical, helpful) | |
| provident(careful, thoughtful, cautious, planned) | |
| prudent(careful, thoughtful, cautious, planned) | |
| purposed(deliberate, careful, thoughtful, cautious) | |
| reasoned(careful, thoughtful, cautious, planned) | |
| salutary(good, valuable, practical, helpful) | |
| scrupulous(careful, thoughtful, cautious, planned) | |
| settled(intense, deliberate, determined, resolute) | |
| single-minded(intense, deliberate, determined, resolute) |
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