All 4 Uses of
content
in
Franny and Zooey
- Lane sat up a bit in his chair and adjusted his expression from that of all-round apprehension and discontent to that of a man whose date has merely gone to the John, leaving him, as dates do, with nothing to do in the meantime but smoke and look bored, preferably attractively bored.†
Chpt 1.1 (definition 1)
- He looked very contented.†
Chpt 2.3 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Will you be content with that standard box-office schmalz?†
Chpt 2.1 (definition 2) *
- At this hour, it was very possible that Franny felt deeply hesitant about taking a chance on just the timbre, let alone the verbal content, of any of her brothers' voices on the phone.†
Chpt 2.4 (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.