Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
Zen Buddhism or some aspect of it, especially the use ofcryptic , apparentlynonsensical parables.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Does your cat live her life with Zenlike awareness or is she just a pleasantly-packaged pet with mechanical eyes set in an unanimated, furry face?
Carolyn Bucior: Fur Will Fly at First Scientific Conference on Animal Consciousness
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Does your cat live her life with Zenlike awareness or is she just a pleasantly-packaged pet with mechanical eyes set in an unanimated, furry face?
Carolyn Bucior: Fur Will Fly at First Scientific Conference on Animal Consciousness
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Harley crashed from anxiety to morbidity to melancholy but I remained dreamy and light, part voluntary obtuseness, part Zenlike acceptance, part simply an inability to concentrate.
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And, yeah, the Zenlike realization that everything is a miracle/all of it is a miracle/miracles are miracles was not much of a payoff.
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This Zenlike aspect is another Eastern coloring to Harrison's Western music.
Music review: Post-Classical Ensemble recognizes the work of Lou Harrison
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To put it in "Zenlike Vroonenese," while Apple may be able to get away with selling you an overpriced phone that is susceptible to a "death grip," the police can get away with putting you in a death grip.
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The Zenlike quality of riding like an idiot: "Another great thing about fixed-gear and just riding in general is just diving in between cars, I mean, being two inches away from someone's mirror is just unbelievable."
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To put it in "Zenlike Vroonenese," while Apple may be able to get away with selling you an overpriced phone that is susceptible to a "death grip," the police can get away with putting you in a death grip.
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One of Ireland's true culinary treasures, soda bread is greater than the sum of its parts, with an almost Zenlike complexity.
Ellen Kanner: Bloomsday: Celebrate James Joyce With A Meatless Recipe
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Over time, an aura of wisdom and Zenlike mastery developed around Mr. Wooden.
Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, winner of 10 national titles, dies at 99
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