All 7 Uses of
gratification
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- He knew that in her heart his aunt was on her knees to him, and he was morosely gratified by the consciousness of it.†
Chpt 3 *gratified = gave or received what was desired; or pleased
- A vagrant current or a slight rise in the river had carried off their raft, but this only gratified them, since its going was something like burning the bridge between them and civilization.†
Chpt 14
- They caught fish, cooked supper and ate it, and then fell to guessing at what the village was thinking and saying about them; and the pictures they drew of the public distress on their account were gratifying to look upon—from their point of view.†
Chpt 14gratifying = pleasurable
- It gratified all the vicious vanity that was in him; and so, instead of winning him, it only "set him up" the more and made him the more diligent to avoid betraying that he knew she was about.†
Chpt 18gratified = gave or received what was desired; or pleased
- There was a buzz of gratification from time to time during the reading, accompanied by whispered ejaculations of "How sweet!"†
Chpt 21
- Tom squeezed his small body behind it in order to illuminate it for Becky's gratification.†
Chpt 31
- He was vastly gratified the next moment, to see the "Spaniard" take to his heels and get himself out of sight.†
Chpt 31gratified = gave or received what was desired; or pleased
Definition:
great satisfaction (pleasure)