say+in+reply

  • 1say in reply — index answer (reply), countercharge, retort, return (respond) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2reply — Synonyms and related words: ESP, acknowledge, acknowledgment, action and reaction, advocate, allege in support, answer, answer back, answering, antiphon, approach, argue for, argument, assert, automatic reaction, autonomic reaction, back answer,… …

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  • 3reply — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, monosyllabic (esp. BrE) ▪ blunt, curt, short, terse ▪ His reply was short and to the point …

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  • 4reply — v. & n. v. ( ies, ied) 1 intr. (often foll. by to) make an answer, respond in word or action. 2 tr. say in answer (he replied, Please yourself ). n. (pl. ies) 1 the act of replying (what did they say in reply?). 2 what is replied; a response. 3… …

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  • 5say — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Hare system, Parthian shot, about, absolute power, absolutism, acknowledge, acme, address, affirm, affirmance, affirmation, after dinner speech, allegation, allege, allocution, almost, animadvert,… …

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  • 6Reply — Re*ply , n.; pl. {Replies} ( pl?z ). [See {Reply}, v. i., and cf. {Replica}.] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response. [1913 Webster] Syn: Answer; rejoinder; response.… …

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  • 7reply — [ri plī′] vi. replied, replying [ME replyen < OFr replier < L replicare, to fold back, make a reply < re , back + plicare, to fold: see PLY1] 1. to answer, or respond, in speech or writing 2. to respond by some action [to reply to the… …

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  • 8reply — ► VERB (replies, replied) 1) say or write something in response to something said or written. 2) respond with a similar action: they replied to the shelling with a mortar attack. ► NOUN (pl. replies) 1) the action of replying. 2) …

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  • 9Say — Say, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. [1913 Webster] You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. Shak. [1913 Webster] To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a… …

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  • 10say — [v] make declaration add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, break silence*, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap*, gab*, give voice*, guess, imagine, imply …

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