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Definition
necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something
- But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential.p. 164.3
- And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes — a fresh, green breast of the new world.p. 180.2
There are no more uses of "essential" in The Great Gatsby.
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