All 4 Uses
stationery
in
The Fountainhead
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- His father had owned a stationery store in Stanton.†
Chpt 1.2 *stationery = paper and envelopes for writing letters
- He liked to see his name on the firm's stationery.†
Chpt 1.14
- The delivery truck had not left the grounds, when she was at her desk, writing a note on a piece of exquisite stationery.†
Chpt 2.2
- A great many philanthropic undertakings and radical publications, run by all sorts of people, had a single connecting link among them, one common denominator: the name of Ellsworth M. Toohey on their stationery.†
Chpt 2.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(stationery) paper and envelopes for writing lettersStationery is commonly confused with stationary; i.e., remaining still. The words are pronounced identically, so be sure to note the spelling. It might help to remember which is which, by thinking "First sit still; then write."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)