All 8 Uses of
convey
in
The Fountainhead
- It was not necessary for him to stand erect in order to convey an impression of hardness.†
Chpt 3.1 *convey = communicate or express
- His head lifted, his eyes level on the sky before him, he conveyed none of the things she had expected; he conveyed a quality incredible in this connection: a sense of gallantry.†
Chpt 3.9conveyed = communicated or expressed
- His head lifted, his eyes level on the sky before him, he conveyed none of the things she had expected; he conveyed a quality incredible in this connection: a sense of gallantry.†
Chpt 3.9
- When he wrote this, he managed to convey—with no tangible break in the detached calm of his style—that the words now seen in ordered print had been blurred in manuscript by a hand unsteady with emotion.†
Chpt 1.6
- He managed to convey the charming impression that nothing of importance had happened because nothing of importance ever happened on earth.†
Chpt 2.3
- Do not worry about the meaning I wish conveyed.†
Chpt 2.10
- Wynand spoke for twenty minutes and said nothing at all; but he conveyed the impression that he supported every sentiment expressed at the meeting.†
Chpt 3.1
- Wynand felt that the two words had some impact on Roark apart from any normal meaning they could convey; he sensed it without reason; he wanted to ask: "What's the matter?" but couldn't, since Roark had really shown nothing.†
Chpt 4.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express
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(2)
(convey as in: convey title to the property) to give or transfer -- especially legal title
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(3)
(convey as in: convey her safely to) transportToday, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and then probably in classic literature), conveyance can refer to a carriage or other means of transportation.