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Keep "musky" 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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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "musky" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
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5 total sentences available.
It is the 26th of February of 2015. Imaginary Visualization is my term for the practice of the mind in which one imagines a vivid, otherworldly scenario. One does it when there is nothing good on TV, no good video to watch, no good magazine to browse, no good book to read, and so on. "Moss Plain" is my Imaginary Visualization in which I wander a vast plain, covered by multicoloured moss. The sky is grey. There is a musky smell.
Source: tatoeba (10715824)
The juice concentrate had a musky smell.
Source: tatoeba (11193566)
The black currant juice tasted kind of musky.
Source: tatoeba (11193576)
The basement always smelt musky.
Source: tatoeba (11212620)
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Closest matches include ambrosial, aromatic, aromatic musk, balmy, essenced.
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