English translation of "arcadica e teorica...mai arcigna" - "idealistic and theoretical...Never stringent/heavy-handed/harsh [in its approach]"

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149 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	arcadica e teorica...mai arcigna
Context:	Ed ance da parte sua, la fronda, accentuatasi negli ultimi tempi, era sempre stata...
Keywords:	...acardica e teorica. Mai arcigna...White-collar rebellion on the part of an anti-fascist.

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149 months ago

wrote:

old-fashioned and theoretical, never hostile

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

archaic and theoretical, never severe/ill-tempered/grim/surly/irritable

My comment:

there are many ways of putting it; reference is wordreference site; arcadica can also be pastoral-same reference, but my suggestion seems more in tune with your text

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

archaic and theoretical, never severe/ill-tempered/grim/surly/irritable

My comment:

there are many ways of putting it; reference is wordreference site; arcadica can also be pastoral-same reference, but my suggestion seems more in tune with your text

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

idealistic and theoretical...Never stringent/heavy-handed/harsh [in its approach]

My comment:

Amanda's "Utopian" is probably better than "idealistic", but I wanted to address the rest of the query without "copying" her good suggestion:-)

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