All 7 Uses of
uniform
in
Jane Eyre
- Seen by the dim light of the dips, their number to me appeared countless, though not in reality exceeding eighty; they were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks of quaint fashion, and long holland pinafores.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- I used to look at my master's face to see if it were sad or fierce; but I could not remember the time when it had been so uniformly clear of clouds or evil feelings.†
Chpt 22 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- During these eight years my life was uniform: but not unhappy, because it was not inactive.†
Chpt 10 (definition 2)
- …threshold was to return to stagnation; to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, and then to meet tranquil Mrs. Fairfax, and spend the long winter evening with her, and her only, was to quell wholly the faint excitement wakened by my walk, — to slip again over my faculties the viewless fetters of an uniform and too still existence; of an existence whose very privileges of security and ease I was becoming incapable of appreciating.†
Chpt 12 (definition 2)
- The couple were thus revealed to me clearly: both removed their cloaks, and there was 'the Varens,' shining in satin and jewels, — my gifts of course, — and there was her companion in an officer's uniform; and I knew him for a young roue of a vicomte — a brainless and vicious youth whom I had sometimes met in society, and had never thought of hating because I despised him so absolutely.†
Chpt 15 (definition 2)
- His deportment had now for some weeks been more uniform towards me than at the first.†
Chpt 15 (definition 2) *
- A year ago I was myself intensely miserable, because I thought I had made a mistake in entering the ministry: its uniform duties wearied me to death.†
Chpt 31 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (uniform as in: uniform consistency) consistent (the same in some way)
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) more commonly, uniform refers to clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification. For example, an army uniform.