All 4 Uses of
nominal
in
Mansfield Park
- Even your constant little heart need not take fright at such a nominal change.
Chpt 3 (definition 1) *nominal = small
- Tom Bertram had of late spent so little of his time at home that he could be only nominally missed; and Lady Bertram was soon astonished to find how very well they did even without his father, how well Edmund could supply his place in carving, talking to the steward, writing to the attorney, settling with the servants, and equally saving her from all possible fatigue or exertion in every particular but that of directing her letters.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)nominally = in a small manner
- Edmund might, in the common phrase, do the duty of Thornton, that is, he might read prayers and preach, without giving up Mansfield Park: he might ride over every Sunday, to a house nominally inhabited, and go through divine service; he might be the clergyman of Thornton Lacey every seventh day, for three or four hours, if that would content him.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)nominally = barely (or only partially)
- I should like to sit talking with you here all day, but we must not forget the ladies below, and so good-bye, my dear, my amiable, my excellent Fanny, for though we shall nominally part in the breakfast-parlour, I must take leave of you here.
Chpt 36 (definition 2) *nominally = officially (in form, but not reality)
Definitions:
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(1) (nominal as in: a nominal fee) insignificantly small
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(2) (nominal as in: he's nominally in charge) in form or name, but not in reality