All 19 Uses of
distinct
in
Emma
- Her mother had died too long ago for her to have more than an indistinct remembrance of her caresses; and her place had been supplied by an excellent woman as governess, who had fallen little short of a mother in affection.†
Chpt 1.1-2
- It was quite a different sort of thing, a sentiment distinct and independent.†
Chpt 1.3-4 *
- Emma remained in a state of vexation too; but there was more indistinctness in the causes of her's, than in his.†
Chpt 1.7-8
- She read it to him, just as he liked to have any thing read, slowly and distinctly, and two or three times over, with explanations of every part as she proceeded—and he was very much pleased, and, as she had foreseen, especially struck with the complimentary conclusion.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- The evening was quiet and conversable, as Mr. Woodhouse declined cards entirely for the sake of comfortable talk with his dear Isabella, and the little party made two natural divisions; on one side he and his daughter; on the other the two Mr. Knightleys; their subjects totally distinct, or very rarely mixing—and Emma only occasionally joining in one or the other.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- Jane speaks so distinct!†
Chpt 2.1-2
- '—which my mother, being on the watch, heard distinctly, and was sadly alarmed at.†
Chpt 2.1-2
- Part of every winter she had been used to spend in Bath; but Bristol was her home, the very heart of Bristol; for though the father and mother had died some years ago, an uncle remained—in the law line—nothing more distinctly honourable was hazarded of him, than that he was in the law line; and with him the daughter had lived.†
Chpt 2.3-4
- He agreed to it, but with so quiet a "Yes," as inclined her almost to doubt his real concurrence; and yet there must be a very distinct sort of elegance for the fashionable world, if Jane Fairfax could be thought only ordinarily gifted with it.†
Chpt 2.5-6
- I have no reason to think ill of her—not the least—except that such extreme and perpetual cautiousness of word and manner, such a dread of giving a distinct idea about any body, is apt to suggest suspicions of there being something to conceal.†
Chpt 2.5-6
- She was in the adjoining chamber while she still spoke, and opening the casement there, immediately called Mr. Knightley's attention, and every syllable of their conversation was as distinctly heard by the others, as if it had passed within the same apartment.†
Chpt 2.9-10
- Her father's feelings were quite distinct.†
Chpt 2.11-12
- CHAPTER XVII When the ladies returned to the drawing-room after dinner, Emma found it hardly possible to prevent their making two distinct parties;—with so much perseverance in judging and behaving ill did Mrs. Elton engross Jane Fairfax and slight herself.†
Chpt 2.17-18
- At this moment Frank began talking so vigorously, that Emma could not but imagine he had overheard his own praises, and did not want to hear more;—and the voices of the ladies were drowned for a while, till another suspension brought Mrs. Elton's tones again distinctly forward.†
Chpt 3.1-2
- In this walk Emma and Mr. Weston found all the others assembled; and towards this view she immediately perceived Mr. Knightley and Harriet distinct from the rest, quietly leading the way.†
Chpt 3.5-6
- Miss Bates said a great deal; Mrs. Elton swelled at the idea of Miss Woodhouse's presiding; Mr. Knightley's answer was the most distinct.†
Chpt 3.7-8
- Jane she had a distinct glimpse of, looking extremely ill; and, before the door had shut them out, she heard Miss Bates saying, "Well, my dear, I shall say you are laid down upon the bed, and I am sure you are ill enough."†
Chpt 3.7-8
- "— And Emma distinctly heard him add, in a lower tone, before he quitted the room,—"I have been as good as my word.†
Chpt 3.9-10
- "I am quite sure," he replied, speaking very distinctly, "that he told me she had accepted him; and that there was no obscurity, nothing doubtful, in the words he used; and I think I can give you a proof that it must be so.†
Chpt 3.17-18
Definition:
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(distinct) clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate