gemütlich

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Surrealist Manifesto to a close reading - it is not a page turner, quite frankly, and you might find Dan Brown more gemütlich for the beach - and yet we go around branding all sorts of things surreal purely on the basis that they confound expectations, or feature a bowler hat or a fish in some sort of unlikely circumstances.

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  • Surrealist Manifesto to a close reading - it is not a page turner, quite frankly, and you might find Dan Brown more gemütlich for the beach - and yet we go around branding all sorts of things surreal purely on the basis that they confound expectations, or feature a bowler hat or a fish in some sort of unlikely circumstances. —  Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk
  • It's not expensive, but the waiting list is very long because it's very selective in inviting people to join who would fit in, in as gemütlich a way as Wasps can get. —  Dealbreaker
  • Although he was a violinist of the Franco-Belgian school, his style is nonetheless reminiscent of the gemütlich (cozy) lifestyle of pre-war Vienna. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • He talks of a man being _gemütlich_ in his disposition, kindly, that is, and easy going. —  Home Life in Germany
  • Page 180, l. 10. _gemütlich_: comfortable, agreeable, cosy. —  Home Life in Germany
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  1. German, from Middle High German gemüetlich, from gemüete, spirit, feelings, from Old High German gimuoti, from muot, mind, spirit, joy; see mē-1 in Indo-European roots.
 

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