The Only Use of
distinct
in
Northanger Abbey
- This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply, of which no part was very distinct, except the frequent exclamations, amounting almost to oaths, which adorned it, and Catherine was left, when it ended, with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford, and the same happy conviction of her brother's comparative sobriety.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(distinct) clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate