All 4 Uses of
distinct
in
My Antonia
- Whenever one looked at this slope against the setting sun, the circle showed like a pattern in the grass; and this morning, when the first light spray of snow lay over it, it came out with wonderful distinctness, like strokes of Chinese white on canvas.†
Book 1distinctness = the quality of being clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- Before the spring was over, there was a distinct coldness between us and the Shimerdas.†
Book 1distinct = clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- I never tried to define it, but I was distinctly conscious of it.†
Book 2 *distinctly = in a manner that is clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate
- He opened his eyes and said distinctly, 'Mrs.†
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