All 18 Uses of
content
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- In other matters they were, as a rule, generous and not greedy, but contented and moderate, so that estates, farms, workshops, and small trades tended to remain unchanged for generations.†
Chpt Prol. *contented = satisfied
- As far as he could remember, Sam slept through the night in deep content, if logs are contented.†
Chpt 1.7
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- I am content.†
Chpt 1.4
- There were also many other things to follow, and when they had finished even Fatty Bolger heaved a sigh of content.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- They are usually content merely to watch you, as long as daylight lasts, and don't do much.†
Chpt 1.6
- As far as he could remember, Sam slept through the night in deep content, if logs are contented.†
Chpt 1.7
- Moving constantly in and out of his talk was Old Man Willow, and Frodo learned now enough to content him, indeed more than enough, for it was not comfortable lore.†
Chpt 1.7
- Frodo and his companions huddled round the fire, wrapped in every garment and blanket they possessed; but Strider was content with a single cloak, and sat a little apart, drawing thoughtfully at his pipe.†
Chpt 1.11
- Just give me news of my friends, and tell me the end of the affair at the Ford, as I keep on asking, and I shall be content for the present.†
Chpt 2.1
- 'But you shall be merry tonight, and listen to your heart's content.†
Chpt 2.1
- Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song.†
Chpt 2.3
- Sometimes Frodo was with them; but he was content to lean on their guidance, and he spent as much time as he could with Bilbo.†
Chpt 2.3
- It is to be hoped that the Orcs will be content with driving us from Moria.†
Chpt 2.6
- But I will be content, if only Legolas here shares my blindness.†
Chpt 2.6
- I am content.†
Chpt 2.7
- You did not wish to see Elf-magic and were content.†
Chpt 2.7
- unless you should at some time return hither, you must be content with our gift.†
Chpt 2.8
- Not that most of the Company were eager to hurry southwards: they were content that the decision, which they must make at latest when they came to Rauros and the Tindrock Isle, still lay some days ahead; and they let the River bear them on at its own pace, having no desire to hasten towards the perils that lay beyond, whichever course they took in the end.†
Chpt 2.9
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) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.