All 3 Uses of
convention
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
- Within doors the appointments were perfect after the conventional type.†
Chpt 17 *conventional = normal or typical
- He possessed a good figure, a pleasing face, not overburdened with depth of thought or feeling; and his dress was that of the conventional man of fashion.†
Chpt 25
- She draped it across the boy in graceful folds, and in a way to conceal his black, conventional evening dress.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(convention as in: teacher's convention) a large conference or meeting
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(2)
(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical
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(3)
(convention as in: The Geneva Convention) a written international agreement