Either a person, number, or even gender. i hope this answer has come to your pleasing
the answer to your problem would be Linear.
because: lin- line Latin linea line, linearity
(2) "Relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight brought a strange medley of pious thank-offerings and sharp curses to Ulrich's lips."
It is a hyperbole, this does not use like or as
