All 5 Uses of
distinct
in
Mansfield Park
- Their homes were so distant, and the circles in which they moved so distinct, as almost to preclude the means of ever hearing of each other's existence during the eleven following years, or, at least, to make it very wonderful to Sir Thomas that Mrs. Norris should ever have it in her power to tell them, as she now and then did, in an angry voice, that Fanny had got another child.†
Chpt 1
- Maria's notions on the subject were more confused and indistinct.†
Chpt 5 *
- His celebrated passages are quoted by everybody; they are in half the books we open, and we all talk Shakespeare, use his similes, and describe with his descriptions; but this is totally distinct from giving his sense as you gave it.†
Chpt 34
- It is felt that distinctness and energy may have weight in recommending the most solid truths; and besides, there is more general observation and taste, a more critical knowledge diffused than formerly; in every congregation there is a larger proportion who know a little of the matter, and who can judge and criticise.†
Chpt 34
- They are two distinct orders of being.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(distinct) clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate