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Keep "churchish" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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After choosing a replacement for "churchish", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "churchish" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
5 total sentences available.
He does not embrace with the same churchish charity all of the poor, white as well as black, as Dr. King docs in demanding a "Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged" — a federal government effort to compensate for deprivation and discrimination.
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Two children, a boy and a girl in naught but their shirts and barefoot, walked behind the churchish crowd and watched with studious intent the behaviour of their children,[…]
Source: wiktionary
Characters drift against a churchish background; the central women like the novel do not possess Pym's usual exuberance and irony. Cooley analyzes a passage to show how Pym here subordinates comedy to realism.
Source: wiktionary
Simplistically put, churchish British national revivals compare to semi-churchish Australian revivals, to semi-churchish regional Canadian revivals, and un-churchish American national revivals.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Closest matches include churchly, ecclesiastical.
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