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Faithfully

Definition: Faithfully

Faithfully

Adverb

1. In a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "faithfully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Faithfully

Synonyms: dependably (adv), reliably (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: unfaithfully (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Faithfully

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Obedience

Verb: be -obedient; Adjective: obey, bear obedience to; submit; comply, answer the helm, come at one's call; do one's bidding, do what one is told, do suit and service; attend to orders, serve faithfully.

Observance

Adverb: faithfully; Adjective:

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Faithfully

English words defined with "faithfully": dependablyEyeservantreliably. (references)
Specialty definitions using "faithfully": AllahWedding. (references)

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Modern Usage: Faithfully

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Faithfully, I'm still yours ("FAITHFULLY"; performing artist: Journey)

But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully ("She Believes In Me"; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

So faithfully ("Vision of Love"; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

Song Titles

Faithfully (performing artist: Journey)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Faithfully

DomainTitle

Books

  • Community: Living Faithfully With Others (reference)

  • David: Seeking God Faithfully (Men of Character) (reference)

  • Duty Faithfully Performed: Robert E. Lee and His Critics (reference)

  • Faithfully Fit (reference)

  • Faithfully Parenting Teens: A Proactive Approach (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Faithfully

AuthorQuotation

Author Unknown

Learn to follow counsel, serve faithfully, and magnify your calling, for God's kingdom is a kingdom of order.
Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly toward an objective who had in no measure attained it.

Edward Dowden

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.

Henry David Thoreau

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.

Oliver Cromwell

The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.

Sir Edwin Arnold

Use your gift faithfully and they shall be enlarged. Practice what you know, and you shall attain higher knowledge.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Faithfully

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Further, in all matters, the execution of which is entrusted,to these twenty five barons, if perchance these twenty five are present and disagree about anything, or if some of them, after being summoned, are unwilling or unable to be present, that which the majority of those present ordain or command shall be held as fixed and established, exactly as if the whole twenty five had concurred in this; and the said twenty five shall swear that they will faithfully observe all that is aforesaid, and cause it to be observed with all their might. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 8: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Section. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

It is in these words: "I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as _____, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution, and laws of the United States." (reference)

The Emancipation Proclamation

1862

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

If the conditions of the present Treaty are faithfully carried out by Germany, the occupation referred to in Article 428 will be successively restricted as follows: (1) At the expiration of five years there will be evacuated: the bridgehead of Cologne and the territories north of a line running along the Ruhr, then along the railway Julich, Duren, Euskirchen, Rheinbach, thence along the road Rheinbach to Sinzig, and reaching the Rhine at the confluence with the Ahr; the roads, railways and places mentioned above being excluded from the area evacuated. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control upon the thoughts of men; if all British moral and material forces and convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high-roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time, but for a century to come. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Faithfully

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The next day the clothes were faithfully brought back, and the Changer, who trusted everything to the robbers, was never robbed.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I begged his patience to hear me tell my story, which I faithfully did from the last time I left England to the moment he first discovered me.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

My accounts, which I can swear to have kept faithfully, I have, indeed, never got audited, still less accepted, still less paid and settled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Faithfully

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

According to the chairman of the committee that drafted the amendments, if the new provisions are faithfully implemented, by 2010 the total pollutant emissions will be stabilized at 1995 levels, air quality in 34 of 47 key cities will meet national standards (up from 16 currently) and dust from construction sites in Beijing will be reduced 70%. The total costs, however, may top 1.5% of GDP in some areas. (references)

Civil Liberties

Lesotho

All faithfully reflect official positions of the ruling party. (references)

Turkmenistan

Prizes have been created to award citizens who faithfully follow Rukhnama's code and most high-level Government officials are required to own a copy of the book. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

ALLAH, n. The Mahometan Supreme Being, as distinguished from the Christian, Jewish, and so forth. Allah's good laws I faithfully have kept, And ever for the sins of man have wept; And sometimes kneeling in the temple I Have reverently crossed my hands and slept. Junker Barlow

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Faithfully

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829The appropriations made by Congress for public works, as well in the construction of fortifications as for purposes of internal improvement, so far as they have been expended, have been faithfully applied.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Our course is a safe one if it be but faithfully adhered to.

Martin van Buren

1837-1841In receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929We need not concern ourselves much about the rights of property if we will faithfully observe the rights of persons.

George Bush

1989-1993Joes and Janes, all the ones who fought faithfully for freedom, who hit the ground and sucked the dust and knew their share of Horror.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Faithfully

"Faithfully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "Faithfully" is used about 420 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)99.76%41913,566
Noun (proper)0.24%1339,140
                    Total100.00%420N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Faithfully

Expressions using "faithfully": faithfully yours promise faithfully serve faithfully yours faithfully. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "faithfully": faithfully-kept.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Faithfully

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

faithfully

44

faithfully journey lyrics

33

faithfully lyrics

22

faithfully journey

19

faithfully yours

5

evans faith faithfully

3

faithfully fit

3

faithfully journey remix

2

faithfully johnny mathis

2

faithfully forever yours

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Faithfully

Language Translations for "faithfully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

besnikërisht (attachedly, devotedly, loyally). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بوفاء (whole heartedly), ‏بأمانة (at close quarters, closely, sincerely, square). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

честно (above board, fair, fair and square, fairly, honestly, in good faith, on the level, Square, squarely, uprightly), вярно (aright, sic, surely, true, truly, truthfully, yea). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

实地 (Duteously). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vìrnì (truly), přesnì (accurately, bang, clearly, dead, exactly, just, nicely, on the minute, on time, precisely, quite, rightly, sharp, straight). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kunnioittavasti (respectfully youryours, very truly yours, with respect, yours faithfully, yours sincerely). (various references)

   

French

  

fidèlement, loyalement. (various references)

   

German

  

treulich, treu (abidingly, dedicated, devoted, devotedly, faithful, innocent, loyal, loyally, respectful, stalwart, staunch, staunchly, true, truly, trusting, trustingly, trusty, unfailing). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πιστά (faitfully). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

באמו ". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hûségesen. (various references)

   

Italian

  

fedelmente. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(faithfully following, obeying meekly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ずいじゅ" (faithfully following, obeying meekly). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

충실하게. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aithfullyfay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fielmente (accurately, truly, trustingly), exato (accurate, anchored, clean-cut, clean-fingered, clock-work, close, correct, definite, determinate, even, exact, incorrupt, just a minute please, literal, mathematical, pinpoint, precise, precision, prompt, proper, punctual, rigourous, scrupulous, sharp, stringent, trustworthy, truthful, unerring, well-defined). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

formulã de încheiere a unei scrisori, fidel (as true as steel, constant, devoted, faithful, honest, precise, sincere, true), loial (fair, faithful, honest, Leal, loyal, sincere, staunch, straight, true), cu fidelitate. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

верно (aright, truly). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

verno (staunchly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fielmente (truly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

troget (faitfully). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

samimi olarak (cordially, dear, frankly, man to man), kati olarak, inançla, içtenlikle (cordially, dear, dearly, heartily, truly), doğrulukla (justly, rightly), dürüstçe (above board, fair, fairly, frankly, honestly, rightly), bağlılıkla (devotedly), şiddetle (amain, drastically, forcibly, heavily, heavy, hot, keenly, lustily, roundly, severely, sharp, sore, sorely, strenuously, strong, strongly, violently). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

чесно (above board, fair, fairly, honestly, honorably, honourably, scrupulously, sincerely, Square, straight, uprightly), точно (accurately, cold, dead, definitely, due, exactly, explicitly, fair, flush, just, microscopically, minutely, precisely, prompt, punctually, sharp, to a turn, true, truly), вірно (aright, correctly, fast, justly, true). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

trung th nh (faithful, liege, loyal), chung thuỷ trung thực. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Faithfully

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

fiducialiter. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Faithfully

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 29, Verse 14
Latin405VulgateRex qui iudicat in veritate pauperes thronus eius in aeternum firmabitur
Middle English1395WyclifThe king that demeth in treuthe pore men; the trone of hym in to withoute ende shal be fastned.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Basic English1964OgdenThe king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Faithfully

LanguageProverbs Chapter 29, Verse 14
BulgarianКогато цар съди вярно сиромасите, Престолът му ще бъде утвърден за винаги.
Cebuano¶ Ang hari nga sa pagkamatinumanon nagahukom sa kabus, Ang iyang trono malig-on sa walay katapusan.
Chinese君 王 憑 實 判 斷 窮 人 . 他 的 國 位 、 必 永 立 。
CroatianKralj koji sudi siromasima po istini ima prijesto èvrst dovijeka.
DanishEn Konge, der dømmer de ringe med Ret, hans Trone står fast evindelig.
DutchEen koning, die de armen in trouw recht doet, diens troon zal in eeuwigheid bevestigd worden.
FinnishKuninkaalla, joka tuomitsee vaivaisia oikein, on valtaistuin iäti vahva.
FrenchUn roi qui juge fidèlement les pauvres Aura son trône affermi pour toujours.
GermanEin König, der die Armen treulich richtet, des Thron wird ewig bestehen.
Haitian Creole¶ Lè yon wa pran kòz malere yo pou l' defann dwa yo san patipri, wa sa a la pou l' gouvènen lontan.
HungarianA mely király hûségesen ítéli a szegényeket, annak széke mindörökké megáll.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalau raja membela hak orang lemah, bertahun-tahun ia akan memerintah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSeorang raja yang membicarakan hal orang miskin dengan setia, maka takhtanya akan kekal tetap selama-lamanya.
ItalianUn re che giudichi i poveri con equit rende saldo il suo trono per sempre.
Korean왕 이 가 난 한 자 를 성 실 히 원 하 면 그 위 가 영 원 히 견 하 리 라
Maori¶ Ko te kingi e pono ana tana whakawa mo nga rawakore, ka whakapumautia tona torona ake ake.
NorwegianEn konge som dømmer småfolk rettferdig, hans trone står fast for alle tider.
PortugueseSe o rei julgar os pobres com eqüidade, o seu trono será estabelecido para sempre.   
RumanianUn kmpqrat care judecq pe sqraci dupq adevqr, kwi va avea scaunul de domnie kntqrit pe vecie. -
RussianеУМЙ "БТШ УХ"ЙФ 'Е"ОЩИ П ТБЧ"Е, ФП ТЕУФПМ ЕЗП ОБЧУЕЗ"Б ХФЧЕТ"ЙФУС.
SpanishEl rey que juzga a los pobres según la verdad afirma su trono para siempre.
SwedishDen konung som dömer de armas rätt. hans tron skall bestå evinnerligen. >Ords. 16,12. 20,28.
Thaiกษัตริย์ที่พิพากษาคนยากจน"้วยความสัตย์ซื่อ พระที่นั่งของพระองค์จะสถาปนาอยู่เป็นนิตย์
Ukrainian¶ Як цар правдою судить убогих, стоятиме трон його завжди.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Faithfully

Derivations

Words ending with "faithfully": unfaithfully. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Faithfully" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faitfully, faithfull, faithfulle, Fathhulla, Fathulla. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Faithfully"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "faithfully" (pronounced fā"thfulē)
5-th f u l ētruthfully.
4-f u l ēanencephaly, artfully, blissfully, carefully, cheerfully, delightfully, dreadfully, dutifully, fitfully, forcefully, frightfully, gainfully, gleefully, gracefully, gratefully, helpfully, hopefully, joyfully, lawfully, manfully, masterfully, meaningfully, mercifully, painfully, peacefully, pitifully, playfully, purposefully, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ruefully, skillfully, successfully, tactfully, tastefully, tearfully, thankfully, thoughtfully, unlawfully, unsuccessfully, usefully, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, casually, centrally, cerebrally, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, florally, formally, fractionally, frantically, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gradually, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, hermetically, historically, homily, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, judicially, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manually, marginally, materially, mathematically, medicinally, mentally, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, ritualistically, romantically, royally, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, tangentially, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unusually, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wittily, wobbly.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Faithfully

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-f-h-i-l-l-t-u-y"

-2 letters: faithful, faultily, fitfully.

-3 letters: fifthly, huffily, laithly.

-4 letters: faulty, filthy, fitful, flatly, fulfil, haffit, hatful, thalli, thulia.

-5 letters: ahull, faith, fatly, fault, fifth, fifty, filly, filth, fitly, flail, fluty, fluyt, fully, hilly, huffy, laith, laity, lathi, lathy, luffa, taffy, tally, thill, thuya.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-f-h-i-l-l-t-u-y"
 

+2 letters: unfaithfully.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Faithfully


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 61 69 74 68 66 75 6C 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    .-    ..    -    ....    ..-.    ..-    .-..    .-..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01100001 01101001 01110100 01101000 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#97 &#105 &#116 &#104 &#102 &#117 &#108 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0061 0069 0074 0068 0066 0075 006C 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40677586747287787891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Bible Trace
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Orthography
21. Bibliography


  

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