All 7 Uses of
content
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- That was agreeable, so they chewed it turn about, and dangled their legs against the bench in excess of contentment.†
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- When the last crisp slice of bacon was gone, and the last allowance of corn pone devoured, the boys stretched themselves out on the grass, filled with contentment.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- He had finished gouging out a cob, and now he fitted a weed stem to it, loaded it with tobacco, and was pressing a coal to the charge and blowing a cloud of fragrant smokeāhe was in the full bloom of luxurious contentment.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Sid chuckled in a very contented and satisfied way.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- She went out to see for herself; and she would have been content to find twenty per cent. of Tom's statement true.†
Chpt 3 (definition 2)
- They were content to reach ground again without broken necks, and take the townward track over the hill.†
Chpt 26 (definition 2)
- Huck's face lost its tranquil content, and took a melancholy cast.†
Chpt 35 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.