All 5 Uses of
minute
in
Heart of Darkness
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- Only the gloom to the west, brooding over the upper reaches, became more somber every minute, as if angered by the approach of the sun.†
Chpt 1
- Two others remained open-mouthed a whole minute, then dashed into the little cabin, to rush out incontinently and stand darting scared glances, with Winchesters at 'ready' in their hands.†
Chpt 2
- He steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk, and would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute.†
Chpt 2
- A whole minute passed, and then she made a step forward.†
Chpt 3 *
- And, by Jove! the impression was so powerful that for me too he seemed to have died only yesterday—nay, this very minute.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.