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• RESIDENT, adj. Unable to leave. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MENDACIOUS, adj. Addicted to rhetoric. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• MINOR, adj. Less objectionable. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary...
• RESOLUTE, adj. Obstinate in a course that we approve. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary