quicksilver
/ˈkwɪksɪlvə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkwɪksɪlvə/
quicksilver
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- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
quic - ksil - ver -> quicksilver
Myanmar meaning
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quicksilver / 'kwÇksÇlvǝ(r) / n [U]
= MERCURY: like quicksilver (ie very quick or quickly).
adj
အပြောင်းအလဲအလွန်မြန်သော။ the quicksilver delicacy of her playing.
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arbitrary, blowing hot and cold, bubbleheaded, buoyant, capricious, changeable, cheating, coquettish, double-crossing, effervescent, elastic, erratic, expansive, faithless, fickle, fitful, flaky, flighty, flip, fluctuating, frivolous, gaga, gay, impulsive, inconstant, irregular, irrepressible, irresolute, lighthearted, lively, lubricious, mad, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, resilient, short-fuse, sneaking, spirited, sprightly, temperamental, ticklish, two-timing, unfaithful, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, untrue, up-and-down, vacillating, variable, volatile, whimsical, yo-yo
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