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and intellectually;
degree = extent = magnitude = strength : brunt
• (extent)- the point or degree to which something extends;
• (magnitude)- size; extent; dimensions, ( ; ; ); Turning
your back to crimes of this magnitude is an act of supreme cowardice. —
Think Progress;
• (brunt)- the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow, (
; ; ; ); His wife was left to bear the brunt--a brave exile
whose romantic history was never likely to escape her continent lips. —
Stingaree;
distant
aloof = upstage = remote = distant : reserve : retiring : withdrawn : muted
• (aloof)- at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart, ( ,
);
• reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested, ( , ,
); The noise and the bustle and the wisdom of the multitude held
him aloof, and he waited until a more convenient season. — Lippincott's
Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.;
• (upstage)- Informal haughty; aloof;
• (distant)- reserved or aloof; not familiar or cordial, ( ); Her eyes
were cool and distant, as if she had gone somewhere that none of them could
follow. — A Whisper Of Roses - Teresa Medeiros;
• (reserved) formal and self-restraint in manner and relationship, ( ,
); He's very reserved--he hasn't made many friends in his long
life. — Good Old Anna;
• (retiring)- withdrawing from contact with others; reserved; shy,
( ); Yesterday se'nnight his grace declared his resolution
of retiring, with all that satisfaction of mind which must attend a man
whom not one man of sense will trust any longer. — Letters of Horace
Walpole 01;
• (withdrawn)- removed from circulation, contact, competition, etc, shy;
retiring; reticent, (( ) ,