Both Uses of
accentuate
in
The Idiot
- Yet Aglaya had brought out these letters N. P. B. not only without the slightest appearance of irony, or even any particular accentuation, but with so even and unbroken an appearance of seriousness that assuredly anyone might have supposed that these initials were the original ones written in the ballad.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- Say 'how do you do' to the others, and come and sit down here, quickâI've been waiting for you!" he added, accentuating the fact that he had waited.†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
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(accentuate) to emphasize or draw attention to -- possibly to emphasize by increasing