All 3 Uses of
gratification
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- There was nearly as much commotion over the saving of the sinners as there had been during the gratifying melodic sermon.†
p. 130.8 *gratifying = pleasurable
- Some of the tales were funny, a few were pathetic, but all were amusing or gratifying to me, for the Black man, the con man who could act the most stupid, won out every time over the powerful, arrogant white.†
p. 221.4
- He may have sensed that he had been used, or his disinterest may have been an indication that I was less than gratifying.†
p. 282.6
Definition:
great satisfaction (pleasure)