foolish - absurd, airy, apish, arch, asinine, batty, beguiled, bemused, besotted, beyond belief, bizarre, boneheaded, brainless, brash, buffoonish,
social outcast - Ishmael, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, leper, outcast, outcast of society, outlaw, pariah, unacceptable person, undesirable, untouchable ,
piece of work - assignment, busywork, charge, chore, commission, duty, errand, exercise, homework, job, labour, mission, odd job, project, service,
nonchalantly - carelessly, dispassionately, easy, heedlessly, mindlessly, recklessly ,
sip - beverage, bib, bite, booze, bumper, cast, dash, draft, drain the cup, dram, drench, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard,
pass over lightly - blink, cold shoulder, cut corners, dip into, dodge, fudge, glance at, pass over, scamp, scan, skim, skimp, skip over, slight, slur,
detectably - after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at most, comparatively, fairly, in a way, incompletely, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, only, part, partially,
whirring - booming, droning, hum, humming, purring, thrumming ,
dying down - cessation, dead stop, deadlock, ebb, full stop, halt, lock, stand, standstill, stop, subsidence, wane ,
eating tobacco - chew, cud, navy, pigtail, quid, twist ,
social outcast - Ishmael, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, leper, outcast, outcast of society, outlaw, pariah, unacceptable person, undesirable, untouchable ,
piece of work - assignment, busywork, charge, chore, commission, duty, errand, exercise, homework, job, labour, mission, odd job, project, service,
nonchalantly - carelessly, dispassionately, easy, heedlessly, mindlessly, recklessly ,
sip - beverage, bib, bite, booze, bumper, cast, dash, draft, drain the cup, dram, drench, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard,
pass over lightly - blink, cold shoulder, cut corners, dip into, dodge, fudge, glance at, pass over, scamp, scan, skim, skimp, skip over, slight, slur,
detectably - after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at most, comparatively, fairly, in a way, incompletely, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, only, part, partially,
whirring - booming, droning, hum, humming, purring, thrumming ,
dying down - cessation, dead stop, deadlock, ebb, full stop, halt, lock, stand, standstill, stop, subsidence, wane ,
eating tobacco - chew, cud, navy, pigtail, quid, twist ,