Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
liking
IPA transcription: [l'aɪkɪŋ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
liking
Meaning:
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"
Usage examples
To this young man Remsen took an especial liking.
"Not at all; and he may be right in not liking it.
She loved you once, ma'am; you began by liking her.
"I resigned in a proper manner, not liking the job.
When all was done to his liking he hastened quickly back to his master.
But seeing that it is not, I go after those objects for which I have a liking."
"She never got it said, but from the face of her, I believe she was liking it fairly well.
Liking realism, does he read Howells or the blood-curdling serial entitled "Piping the Mystery"?
I expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works, and asked him what he thought of that writer.
That it is, however, a genuine liking, in altogether too many instances, I do not, in the least, doubt.