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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| affable | /xx | Adjective |
| amiable | /xxx | Adjective |
| jovial | /xx | Adjective |
| fatherly | /xx | Adjective |
| genial | /x | Adjective |
| gruff | / | Adjective |
| professorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| unflappable | x/xx | Adjective |
| benevolent | x/xx | Adjective |
| irascible | x/xx | Adjective |
| garrulous | /xx | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| unctuous | /x | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| folksy | /x | Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| taciturn | /xx | Adjective |
| impish | /x | Adjective |
| guileless | /x | Adjective |
| suave | / | Adjective |
| truculent | /xx | Adjective |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| obsequious | x/xx | Adjective |
| lugubrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| ebullient | x/x | Adjective |
| stoic | /x | Noun |
| brusque | / | Adjective |
| bespectacled | x/xx | Adjective |
| wizened | /x | Adjective |
| erudite | /xx | Adjective |
| grizzled | /x | Adjective |
| diffident | /xx | Adjective |
| stolid | /x | Adjective |
| loquacious | x/x | Adjective |
| supercilious | xx/xx | Adjective |
| stoical | /xx | Adjective |
| wily | /x | Adjective |
| deadpan | /x | Adjective |
| officious | x/x | Adjective |
| gregarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| acerbic | x/x | Adjective |
| charismatic | xx/x | Adjective |
| paternal | x/x | Noun |
| gentlemanly | /xxx | Adjective |
| cantankerous | x/xx | Adjective |
| sagacious | //x | Adjective |
| phlegmatic | x/x | Adjective |
| benign | x/ | Adjective |
| rueful | /x | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| reverential | xx/x | Adjective |
| jolly | /x | Name |
| voluble | /xx | Adjective |
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| irrepressible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| debonair | xx/ | Adjective |
| quizzical | /xx | Adjective |
| collegiate | x/x | Noun |
| inquisitorial | x/x/xx | Adjective |
| inward | /x | Adjective |
| kindly | /x | Adverb |
| confiding | x/x | Noun |
| complimentary | xx/xx | Adjective |
| foster | /x | Name |
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective |
| subservient | x/xx | Adjective |
| hearty | /x | Noun |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| brisk | / | Adjective |
| to the manner born | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| conniving | x/x | Noun |
| fortuitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| solicitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| like that | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| approaching | x/x | Verb |
| inherited | x/xx | Verb |
| ill at ease | /// | Phrase, Adjective |
| courtesy | /xx | Noun |
| slavish | /x | Adjective |
| pat | / | Noun |
| indulgence | x/x | Noun |
| affection | x/x | Noun |
| kindness | /x | Noun |
| advice | x/ | Noun |
| kiss | / | Noun |
| smile | / | Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| charm | / | Noun |
| terminology | xx/xx | Noun |
| pride | / | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| marriage | /x | Noun |
| fashion | /x | Noun |
| manner | /x | Noun |
| relationship | x/xx | Noun |
| eye | / | Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun |
| arm | / | Noun |
| presence | /x | Noun |
| concern | x/ | Noun |
| style | / | Noun |
| sort | / | Noun |
| wisdom | /x | Noun |
| personality | xx/xx | Noun |
| interest | /x | Noun |
| image | /x | Noun |
| role | / | Noun |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| air | / | Noun |
| relation | x/x | Noun |
| voice | / | Noun |
| friend | / | Noun |
| man | / | Noun |
| look | / | Noun |
| way | / | Noun |
| face | / | Noun |
| terms | / | Noun |
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| condescending | xx/x | Adjective |
| effacing | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| endearing | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| matronly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| motherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| patronising | /xxx | Adjective |
| sisterly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| urbane | x/ | Adjective |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| sfa | x | Name |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
