2 meanings, 5 uses
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1 —1 use as in:
a conscious effort to lose weight
Definition
intentional (done on purpose) — perhaps with significant effort
- Miss Baker and I exchanged a short glance consciously devoid of meaning.p. 14.7
consciously = intentionally (on purpose)
There are no more uses of "conscious" flagged with this meaning in The Great Gatsby.
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2 —4 uses as in:
environmentally conscious
Definition
aware or concerned about something
- So engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed, and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture.p. 124.8
consciousness = awareness
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Among the broken fragments of the last five minutes at table I remember the candles being lit again, pointlessly, and I was conscious of wanting to look squarely at every one, and yet to avoid all eyes.p. 15.8
- Or perhaps I had merely grown used to it, grown to accept West Egg as a world complete in itself, with its own standards and its own great figures, second to nothing because it had no consciousness of being so, and now I was looking at it again, through Daisy's eyes.p. 104.4
- Self-consciously, with his authoritative arms breaking the way, we pushed through the still gathering crowd, passing a hurried doctor, case in hand, who had been sent for in wild hope half an hour ago.p. 141.4
conscious = aware
consciousness = awareness
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)
self-consciously = with awareness of how he appeared
There are no more uses of "conscious" flagged with this meaning in The Great Gatsby.
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