Both Uses of
breadth
in
David Copperfield
- She next swept up the crumbs with a little broom (putting on a pair of gloves first), until there did not appear to be one microscopic speck left on the carpet; next dusted and arranged the room, which was dusted and arranged to a hair's breadth already.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- The hair-breadth turns and twists we made, drew down upon us a variety of speeches from the people standing about, which were not always complimentary; but my aunt drove on with perfect indifference, and I dare say would have taken her own way with as much coolness through an enemy's country.†
Chpt 13-15
Definition:
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(breadth) the distance between two sides; or the range of variety -- especially a broad range of knowledge