All 5 Uses of
distinct
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Then he gave a low, distinct whistle.†
Chpt 13 *distinct = clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- For some time, now, the boys had been dully conscious of a peculiar sound in the distance, just as one sometimes is of the ticking of a clock which he takes no distinct note of.†
Chpt 14
- Now a weird flash turned night into day and showed every little grass-blade, separate and distinct, that grew about their feet.†
Chpt 16
- Under the ceaseless conflagration of lightning that flamed in the skies, everything below stood out in clean-cut and shadowless distinctness: the bending trees, the billowy river, white with foam, the driving spray of spume-flakes, the dim outlines of the high bluffs on the other side, glimpsed through the drifting cloud-rack and the slanting veil of rain.†
Chpt 16distinctness = the quality of being clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- His manner became less guarded and his words more distinct as he proceeded: "No," said he, "I've thought it all over, and I don't like it.†
Chpt 26distinct = clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate