Acceptable
Acceptable adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.
Giving and acceptable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Giving" instead an adjective "Acceptable".
Giving
Giving adjective - Given or giving freely.
Acceptable and giving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acceptable" instead an adjective "Giving".
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One of them related a story about he frightened off-for good- a boyfriend whom he found less-than-acceptable just by giving him a death glare.
Source: Dad the Veteran - While a character being very perceptive or making good guesses is considered acceptable, one of the common mistakes people make in writing First Person is giving the reader the feeling that either the narrator is always right, psychic, or is omnipotent in some way.
Source: First-Person Perspective -
When Victor refuses, Richard suggests that Victor really thinks that Kyle should be a producer (even though he has no idea what a producer does), and that Siobhan should get engaged to Kyle as giving a job to her fiancé looks more acceptable than giving one to her boyfriend.
Source: Series / Made In Canada
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