All 8 Uses of
distinct
in
Gone with the Wind
- The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor.†
Chpt 1.1 *distinctly = in a manner that is clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- It was an oddly familiar noise, blurred and indistinct though it was.†
Chpt 2.10indistinct = not clear or easily identifiablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indistinct means not and reverses the meaning of distinct. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- She saw the dark bulk of a buggy stop in front of the house and indistinct figures alight.†
Chpt 2.10
- Just tell him politely but firmly that his presence and his disloyal talk are distinctly unwelcome at your house.†
Chpt 2.12distinctly = in a manner that is clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- If they were that far away, the sound would be fainter, more indistinct.†
Chpt 3.20indistinct = not clear or easily identifiablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indistinct means not and reverses the meaning of distinct. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- — the white bricks of Tara blurred and indistinct.†
Chpt 3.24
- Melanie's voice murmured indistinctly.†
Chpt 3.24indistinctly = not clearlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indistinctly means not and reverses the meaning of distinctly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- That would be distinctly terrible.†
Chpt 4.32distinctly = in a manner that is clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
Definition:
clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate