All 5 Uses of
discern
in
Atlas Shrugged
- His smile had a discernible quality now: it was enjoyment.†
Chpt 1.4 *discernible = possible to notice or understand
- Her eyes were fixed, intent in concentration, as if trying to discern something at a great distance.†
Chpt 1.5discern = notice or understand something
- He had a lean face and gray hair that blended in tone with the cold blue of his eyes; somewhere beyond his look of courteous sternness, there was a note of humor, so faint that it vanished if one tried to discern it.†
Chpt 1.10
- The clatter of the metal came in a flow of irregular sounds without discernible rhythm, not like the action of a mechanism, but as if some conscious impulse were behind every sudden, tearing rise that went up and crashed, scattering into the faint moan of gears.†
Chpt 2.3discernible = possible to notice or understand
- The only discernible rule of the discipline had been his order forbidding all questions.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious