| well meant | adj /bermaksud, berniat/ baik, baik /maksudnya, niatnya/: I didn’t take his advice however ~ it was, saya tdk mendengar nasihatnya walaupun baik maksudnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| back-handed | give so. a ~ slap, menampar sso dgn belakang tangan; 2. equivocal, ambiguous, samar-samar maksudnya: a ~ compliment, pujian yg samar-samar maksudnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cryptic | adj 1. secret, occult, rahsia: ~ language, bahasa rahsia; 2. enigmatic, maksudnya tersembunyi: ~ remarks, kata-kata yg maksudnya tersembunyi; 3. (zool) krip: ~ colouration, pewarnaan krip. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| well meaning | adj /bermaksud, berniat/ baik, baik /maksudnya, niatnya/: a well-meaning woman who constantly interferes in other peoples’ affairs, seorang perempuan yg berniat baik yg selalu masuk campur dlm hal orang lain; their concern over the plan was ~, sikap mereka yg mengambil berat thdp rancangan itu memang bermaksud baik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| two-edged | 2. double-edged, dua maksud: a ~ remark, teguran yg dua maksudnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| say | she said something that I could not understand, dia mengatakan sesuatu yg tdk saya fahami maksudnya; “come here,” he said, “mari ke sini,” katanya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| expedient | n usaha: he will resort to any ~ to achieve his ends, dia akan melakukan apa saja usaha utk mencapai maksudnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| compliment | n 1. expression of praise, admiration, etc, pujian: a back-handed ~, pujian yg samar-samar maksudnya; pay so. a ~, /memuji, memberikan pujian kpd /sso; 2. (usu in pl) formal greetings, salam: my ~s to your family, sampaikan salam saya kpd keluargamu; return the ~, membalas (pujian sso); ~s of the season, selamat menyambut /hari Krismas, Tahun Baru/; with the /author’s, publisher’s, etc/ ~s, hadiah ikhlas drpd /penulis, penerbit, dll/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| clear | adj 1. unambiguous, easy to understand, (dgn) jelas: he made his meaning quite ~, dia menyatakan maksudnya dgn agak jelas; this sentence is not at all ~, ayat ini tdk jelas sama sekali; to give ~ instructions, memberi arahan yg jelas; 2. easy to hear, read, see, jelas: a ~ speaking voice, bercakap dgn suara yg jelas; the ~ sound of bells, bunyi loceng yg jelas kedengaran; his handwriting is neat and ~, tulisannya kemas dan jelas; 3. well-defined, terang, jelas: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| wander | ~ off, (fig.) menyimpang dr tajuk: he ~ed off, leaving us wondering what he meant, dia menyimpang dr tajuk membiarkan kami tertanya-tanya apa maksudnya | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |