All 17 Uses
inclined
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Verne trnsl by M - 45 chptrs
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- I was not inclined to argue.
Chpt 17 *inclined = with a tendency or attitude that favors something
- The mass was composed of inclined and sometimes vertical strata.
Chpt 19 *inclined = angled
- After him his wife pronounced the same words, accompanied with the same ceremonial; then the two placing their hands upon their hearts, inclined profoundly before us.†
Chpt 13
- Its walls, by a gentle incline, were drawing closer to each other, and it was beginning to grow darker.†
Chpt 17
- Yes; there is a sort of passage which inclines to the right.†
Chpt 17
- The only difficulty in proceeding lay in not sliding too fast down an incline of about forty-five degrees; happily certain asperities and a few blisterings here and there formed steps, and we descended, letting our baggage slip before us from the end of a long rope.†
Chpt 18
- He had better have said slide, for we did nothing but drop down the steep inclines.†
Chpt 18
- As for the exact depth reached, it was very easy to ascertain that; the Professor measured accurately the angles of deviation and inclination on the road, but he kept the results to himself.†
Chpt 18
- We were still following the gallery of lava, a real natural staircase, and as gently sloping as those inclined planes which in some old houses are still found instead of flights of steps.†
Chpt 19
- No doubt, for the last half-hour the inclines have gone the other way, and at this rate we shall soon arrive upon the level soil of Iceland.†
Chpt 19
- The preparations for our departure were not long in making, and we were soon on our way down a passage inclining two feet in seven.†
Chpt 23
- Besides, when the incline became more gentle, it would of course resume its peaceable course.†
Chpt 24
- And, besides, I was getting used to this idea; for the tunnel, now running straight, now winding as capriciously in its inclines as in its turnings, but constantly preserving its south-easterly direction, and always running deeper, was gradually carrying us to very great depths indeed.†
Chpt 24
- Yes; I have everywhere observed the angles and the inclines.†
Chpt 25
- For several days steeper inclines, some even frightfully near to the perpendicular, brought us deeper and deeper into the mass of the interior of the earth.†
Chpt 26
- It is evident that at that moment a deviation had presented itself before me, whilst the Hansbach, following the caprice of another incline, had gone with my companions away into unknown depths.†
Chpt 27
- On this slightly inclining shore, about a hundred fathoms from the limit of the waves, came down the foot of a huge wall of vast cliffs, which rose majestically to an enormous height.†
Chpt 30
Definitions:
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(1)
(inclined as in: I'm inclined to) a tendency, mood, desire, or attitude that favors something; or making someone favor something
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(2)
(incline as in: on an incline or incline his head) to be at an angle or to bend
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)