living
/ˈlɪvɪŋ/ adjective A1- Having life; alive. · a living, breathing child· Respect for the dead does not preclude respect for the living.
- In use or existing. · Hunanese is a living language.
- True to life. · This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
- Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- Continually updated; not static · HTML is a living standard.
- Used as an intensifier. · He almost beat the living daylights out of me.
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“You couldn’t have wanted it much,” said Alice; “living at the bottom of the sea.”
And my advice to the rich young man would be—sell all thou hast, and give it to the poor—janitor for the privilege of living in a flat with your Art and your Delia.
“This way of living that you speak of,” she said, “sounds so futile and purposeless.
The reason the beasts give among themselves is that Man is the weakest and most defenseless of all living things, and it is unsportsmanlike to touch him.
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