All 5 Uses of
content
in
Through the Looking-Glass
- But these, as it happened, Alice had NOT got: so she contented herself with turning round, looking at the shelves as she came to them.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- 'I shouldn't know you again if we DID meet,' Humpty Dumpty replied in a discontented tone, giving her one of his fingers to shake; 'you're so exactly like other people.'†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- 'Yes, it's a very good bee-hive,' the Knight said in a discontented tone, 'one of the best kind.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- 'I'm quite content to stay here—only I AM so hot and thirsty!'†
Chpt 2 (definition 2) *
- 'Well, "OUTGRABING" is something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle: however, you'll hear it done, maybe—down in the wood yonder—and when you've once heard it you'll be QUITE content.†
Chpt 6 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.