Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈpɑːti/ · noun
The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design..
...Hastily arranging her necessities, her wishes, her fears, and her desires, she thus began to address the dear friend she alike dreaded, despised, and persevered in attaching to herself and her measures:— "Bring any one you deem a desirable parti, of course, but allow me to observe, dear Lady Penrhyn, that——" "Yes! I see, that they must be really crême a la crême....
We met some time ago a man that would just do for you, if you were not already engaged to Jonathan. He is an excellent parti, being handsome, well off, and of good birth.
“My temper is sweet, and my character without blemish. In fine, Miss Dobson, I am a most desirable parti.”
Use parti when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parti means The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
...Hastily arranging her necessities, her wishes, her fears, and her desires, she thus began to address the dear friend she alike dreaded, despised, and persevered in attaching to herself and her measures:— "Bring any one you deem a desirable parti, of course, but allow me to observe, dear Lady Penrhyn, that——" "Yes! I see, that they must be really crême a la crême....
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.