All 3 Uses of
variation
in
Emma
- Woman's usual occupations of hand and mind will be as open to me then as they are now; or with no important variation.†
Chpt 1.9-10 *
- Had it been allowable entertainment, had there been no pain to her friend, or reproach to herself, in the waverings of Harriet's mind, Emma would have been amused by its variations.†
Chpt 2.3-4
- "—Mrs. Churchill's state, however, as many were ready to remind her, was liable to such sudden variation as might disappoint her nephew in the most reasonable dependence—and Mrs. Weston was at last persuaded to believe, or to say, that it must be by some attack of Mrs. Churchill that he was prevented coming.†
Chpt 3.5-6
Definition:
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(variation as in: a variation on a theme) something that is different than others of its type (synonyms could include: adaptation, version, alternate form)