Both Uses of
convey
in
The Great Gatsby
- His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.
p. 7.4conveyed = communicated or expressed
- [Nick describing his first impression of Gatsby:] It was one of those rare smiles ... [that] concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.
p. 48.5 *convey = express
Definitions:
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(1)
(convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express
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(2)
(convey as in: convey title to the property) to give or transfer -- especially legal title
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(3)
(convey as in: convey her safely to) transportToday, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.