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Examples
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Then I sez, 'You allowed in your paper that I oughter hev a little sevility knocked inter me, and I'm here to hev it done.
The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales Bret Harte 1869
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The other part is exercizing personal responsibility to the society from which you benefit by paying taxes and being decent to others so that common services and sevility can be maintained.
Crooks and Liars John Amato 2010
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His campaign has been running the most negative ads and lacks any kind of sevility.
WordPress.com News 2008
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He was about to go, but Bosticchi placed himself before the door, saying in a tone whose whine expressed mingled rage and sevility, “In what have I offended this young gentleman?
Three Weeks in the Downs, or Conjugal Fidelity Rewarded: exemplified in the Narrative of Helen and Edmund Anonymous 1829
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