Neno "kali zaidi" lina maana nyingi za kamusi kulingana na muktadha. Hapa kuna fasili chache:
Nomino: Mtu asiye mwaminifu au anayetapeli wengine, hasa kwa hila au ulaghai.
Nomino: Mtu ambaye ni mwepesi wa akili au mwenye akili, hasa kwa hila au ujanja.
Kivumishi: Kuwa na makali au makali au uhakika; kali.
Kivumishi: Kuvutia au kupenya katika akili au utambuzi.
Kivumishi: Mwenye hamu au haraka ya kujifunza au kuelewa.
Kivumishi: Imeainishwa kwa vitendo na werevu katika kushughulikia hali.
Fasili ya kawaida ya "kali" ni kama nomino yenye maana ya mtu anayelaghai au kulaghai wengine. Hata hivyo, fasili nyinginezo hurejelea mtu ambaye ni mkali au mwenye akili katika njia mbalimbali.
1. His blood-red mane was pulled into a ponytail by a leather cord, showing his angelic face in sharper contrast.
2. She pulled back sharply, sharper than she meant to.
3. Sitting there, breathing it in, I could feel my brain getting sharper and clearer.
4. The strange warning feeling I got when I wanted to reveal my secret, was sharper than ever.
5. Ever since the evening before the barometer, suddenly falling, had indicated an approaching change in the atmosphere and during the night the temperature varied, the cold became sharper, and the wind veered to the south-east.
6. It made the contrast between the arid landscape even sharper against the memory of the cool underground cavern.
7. Indignant at this I followed him, and speaking to him fairly and civilly asked him to give me if it were only eight reals, for he knows I am an honest man and that I have neither profession nor property, for my parents never brought me up to any or left me any but the rogue, who is a greater thief than Cacus and a greater sharper than Andradilla, would not give me more than four reals so your worship may see how little shame and conscience he has.
8. Whilst asleep she looked stronger, although more haggard, and her breathing was softer her open mouth showed the pale gums drawn back from the teeth, which thus looked positively longer and sharper than usual when she woke the softness of her eyes evidently changed the expression, for she looked her own self, although a dying one.
9. Her teeth, in the dim, uncertain light, seemed longer and sharper than they had been in the morning.
10. In particular, by some trick of the light, the canine teeth looked longer and sharper than the rest.