All 3 Uses
semblance
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
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- Be sure to provide yourself with some previous engagement which shall have a semblance of probability, and communicate the fact to me by a line in writing.†
Chpt 53-54 *
- The mourning in her heart forbade her assuming this simple ornament, though she had not yet had time to put on the outward semblance of woe.†
Chpt 71-72
- Oh, look at me closely, and discover if you can even the semblance of a reproach in me.†
Chpt 111-112
Definitions:
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(1)
(semblance) the outward appearance of something -- especially when the reality is different or incomplete
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)