All 7 Uses of
conspicuous
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- With this design he had engaged a box in the most conspicuous part of the theatre, and exerted himself to set off his personal attractions by the aid of the most rich and elaborate toilet.†
Chpt 33-34
- This belief was changed into certainty when Franz saw the bouquet (conspicuous by a circle of white camellias) in the hand of a charming harlequin dressed in rose-colored satin.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- In the most conspicuous part of the salon was another portrait.†
Chpt 41-42
- Her mouth, which might have been found fault with as too large, displayed teeth of pearly whiteness, rendered still more conspicuous by the brilliant carmine of her lips, contrasting vividly with her naturally pale complexion.†
Chpt 53-54
- I would wish to know if the misfortunes which have happened to you—misfortunes entirely beyond your control, and which in no degree diminish my regard for you—I would wish to know if they have not, in some measure, contributed to render you a stranger to the world in which your fortune and your name entitle you to make a conspicuous figure?†
Chpt 55-56
- …his Japanese china, his cups mounted in silver, his artistic bronzes by Feucheres and Barye; examined the cupboards, and placed the key in each; threw into a drawer of his secretary, which he left open, all the pocket-money he had about him, and with it the thousand fancy jewels from his vases and his jewel-boxes; then he made an exact inventory of everything, and placed it in the most conspicuous part of the table, after putting aside the books and papers which had collected there.†
Chpt 91-92
- As usual, the oldest women were the most decorated, and the ugliest the most conspicuous.†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
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(conspicuous) easily noticed -- typically attracting attention such as by being large, flashy, or unusual