All 5 Uses of
distinct
in
Gulliver's Travels
- However, they soon returned, and one of them, who ventured so far as to get a full sight of my face, lifting up his hands and eyes by way of admiration, cried out in a shrill but distinct voice, Hekinah degul: the others repeated the same words several times, but then I knew not what they meant.†
Chpt 1
- His voice was shrill, but very clear and articulate; and I could distinctly hear it when I stood up.†
Chpt 1 *
- She made me some general questions about my country and my travels, which I answered as distinctly, and in as few words as I could.†
Chpt 2
- I could see distinctly the limbs of these vermin with my naked eye, much better than those of a European louse through a microscope, and their snouts with which they rooted like swine.†
Chpt 2
- Some of them coming forward near the place where I lay, gave me an opportunity of distinctly marking their form.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(distinct) clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate