All 5 Uses of
discern
in
The Remains of the Day
- Dinner will be served at the usual time and I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time.†
Chpt 1e -
- This last phrase - 'no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time' - my father would repeat with a laugh and shake his head admiringly.†
Chpt 1e -
- There was still no trace of emotion discernible in his expression, and his hands on the back of the chair appeared perfectly relaxed.
Chpt 2m - *discernible = noticeable
- I am unable to discern him clearly because the bright morning sunlight has for the moment reduced him to a silhouette.†
Chpt 3m -
- But I am confident - as I was then - that the sorts of elaborate and mysterious processes performed by someone like Mr Jack Neighbours had little or no discernible effect on the end result.†
Chpt 3m -
Definition:
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(discern) to notice or understand something -- often something that is not obvious