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in particularly savoury society.
--n. 3 appetizer, hors-d'oeuvre; dessert, sweet; morsel,
dainty, titbit or US tidbit, Chiefly Brit starter, Archaic
warner: I think I'd like the Welsh rabbit as a savoury.
saw n. proverb, maxim, (old) saying, aphorism, apophthegm or
apothegm, axiom, adage, epigram, gnome; slogan, motto,
catchword, catch-phrase, byword; dictum, platitude, truism,
clich‚, commonplace: She always quoted to him the old saw, 'A
fool and his mother are soon parted'.
say v. 1 state, affirm, declare, maintain, hold, aver, remark,
assert, claim, asseverate, announce: She said that I had to go
at once, and I said, 'I shall never leave you!' 2 assert,
allege, report, mention, rumour, reveal, bruit about, disclose,
divulge, bring to light, put about, noise abroad, suggest, hint,
whisper: It was said that spies had already infiltrated the
party. 3 pronounce, articulate, utter; phrase, rephrase,
translate: How do you say gem•tlich? How do you say it in
English? 4 tell, put, express, verbalize, communicate, explain,
reveal, bring up, break, impart: I don't quite know how to say
this, Harry, but you have bad breath. 5 reply, respond, answer:
What have you to say to her allegation that it is all your
fault? 6 guess, estimate, conjecture, venture, judge, imagine,
believe, think: I'd say you look about 60 years old. 7 mean or
intend or try to say, think, contemplate, imply, suggest: Are
you saying that you would steal if you had the opportunity? 8
predict, prognosticate, foretell: The newspaper says that
shares will go down. 9 signify, denote, symbolize, communicate,
indicate, convey, suggest, imply, mean: What does a red light
say to you? 10 order, require, demand, bid, stipulate, command,
give the word: If I say that you are to go, then you go - and
quickly. 11 deliver, utter, speak: Say your lines and exit
stage left without waiting for a reply.
--n. 12 voice, authority, influence, power, weight, sway,
clout: Does she have that much say about how the money should
be spent? 13 turn, chance, opportunity, vote: You've had your
say, now let's hear from Ackroyd.
--adv. 14 approximately, about, roughly, circa, nearly: The
snake was, say, twenty feet long. 15 for example, for instance,