Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌtɜːtl̩ˈɛsk/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˌtɜɹtl̩ˈɛsk/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of turtles.
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Their mother had the same features, voice, and colouring, but slimness had developed into the turtlesque figure of a staunch type of British matron in her early fifties, who has no American prototype.
The most offensive was 'that dirty old man, dr remsen, who is always spitting at me,' whilst the other one most in evidence was the big ideal bully, joe brewer,' to whom he always ascribed, when asked, any lesions, bruises, or other disfigurations of his own turtlesque physiognomy.
She smiled as she looked at the clay turtle on her mantel. There was a lot to be said for the turtle that stuck his neck out and kept moving along in his undramatic, inconspicuous, persistent way. She had grown a hard shell, too, and she felt she had developed a certain "turtlesque" determination. Still smiling, she started up the stairs toward her undeanly bed where she knew she
He sat there. Started looking a little more relaxed. started emerging in tiny degrees from his shell. Even had a little turtlesque smile growing there straight and flat across his weary features.
Moe, of course, is older than coal and remains turtlesque, but he's still around, still working, and never misses the chance to spin favorite tunes for pretty girls who stop by the post office.
If the response of a turtlesque church is to pull in its head at the rolling thunder, the greatest opportunity for revival in two thousand years will be missed.
He paused to swing his neck-less head in a slow, turtlesque ark, holding them all in unintended, comical suspense.
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She gave me a stern turtlesque look. A barrage of snickers cascaded throughout the room.
Resembling or characteristic of turtles. Slow
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Unfortunately, it prints text at such a turtlesque speed that for many applications it's not even in the running.
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This works on both Win95 and NT, but on NT the pace is positively turtlesque. The same is true when I discard pause and use a linkdll to "user" and use "getTickcount". Can anyone explain why NT is so much slower in running this script? TIA,
Two of the sanders break drive belts at the starting line, and two more are turtlesque which narrows the field quickly to four, setting up the final bracket.