Portuguese ⟨bisonho⟩. I always used it as "needy", "demanding excessive attention" (like a child). Until someone informed me that it was supposed to be "weird".
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"just" was meant to indicate a recent position in time. As in "just now."
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"Alternately" when I meant "alternatively".
Still don’t know the difference.
"Alternately" means "switching back and forth" like "She spoke rapidly, alternately English and Spanish, whichever came more readily to her tongue."
"Alternatively" means "as another option", like "We usually go with Bob in this situation; alternatively, I think Rudi is ready to try this solo."
Thank you for the explanation!
Noisome means smelly, not noisy.
enormity means serious or grave, not very large.
terrific isn’t always great or amazing; it can be synonymous with terrifying.