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Meanings of anodyne in English

Portuguese
analgésicos
Catalan
anodí

A medicine used to relieve pain.

        analgésicos

        Capable of relieving pain.

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              Usage of anodyne in English
              1
              Labour has sent a fairly anodyne quote about the French nuclear deal.
              The Guardian
              2
              Has there ever been a more anodyne budget for families in Ireland?
              The Irish Times
              3
              There is an anodyne in the consciousness that it cannot be helped.
              Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
              4
              The properties of different anodyne agents vary, consequently they produce unlike effects.
              The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
              5
              Coleridge, for instance, is thrown into a deep sleep by an anodyne.
              Nature Mysticism
              6
              Was there not, at his call, a sweeter perfume, a stronger anodyne?
              Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
              7
              The show had to be British, not English; ethnic, classless and politically anodyne.
              The Guardian
              8
              It underlaid every plan; it was an anodyne for every ill.
              Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866
              9
              It goes into half the tonics, anodyne, and stimulants; also soap and candy.
              The Harvester
              10
              Then come the speeches which are anodyne, strictly formatted and do not deviate.
              Reuters
              11
              Yet I was unaware of any need for the drink anodyne.
              John Barleycorn
              12
              Work may again prove, in a way, to be an anodyne.
              The Lady of the Shroud
              13
              And all this work may prove an anodyne to pain of another kind.
              The Lady of the Shroud
              14
              Such anodyne as he could squeeze from the incarcerated wild creatures, was exhausted.
              One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5
              15
              There is no such infallible anodyne of care as plenty of honest work.
              The Discipline of War / Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War...
              16
              This combination is hygroscopic, anodyne and antiseptic and is easily applied.
              Lameness of the Horse / Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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