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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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Really not

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- not really + adjective
- really not + adjective
Do these two mean the same thing?
  

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HUBLOT - not really + adjective- really not + adjectiveDo these two mean the same thing? No. [not really] + [adj] / [really] [not + adj] not really hungry ~ less than very hungry; just somewhat hungry; a little hungry really not hungry ~ not at all hungry; not interested at all in eating CJ

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  • HUBLOT - not really + adjective- really not + adjectiveDo these two mean the same thing?
  • No.
  • [not really] + [adj] / [really] [not + adj] not really hungry ~ less than very hungry; just somewhat hungry; a little hungry really not hungry ~ not at all hungry; not interested at all in eating CJ
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HUBLOT- not really + adjective- really not + adjectiveDo these two mean the same thing?
No. [not really] + [adj] / [really] [not + adj]

not really hungry ~ less than very hungry; just somewhat hungry; a little hungry
really not hungry ~ not at all hungry; not interested at all in eating

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