Jane Austen does not tell us that one character is bad and another is good. Instead, she manages to ______ what she thinks by saying nearly the opposite of what she means.
When they arrived at the school it was raining _______ harder. A. more B. quite C. veryD even
— Did you enjoy yourself at the party? —Sorry to say I didn’t. It was ______ a meeting than a party.
I know this is not quite the right word, but I can’t be bothered to think of _____.
We couldn’t have picked ______ day for the picnic — it rained nonstop.
It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood ____ to her mother.