All 8 Uses of
content
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- It was an awkward age in a girl, he thought contentedly.†
Chpt 1contentedly = in a satisfied manner
- She had sources of contentment in her life—the house, the park, above all, the children—and she intended to preserve them by not challenging Jack.†
Chpt 1 *contentment = satisfaction
- She prattled on, and contentedly he half listened.†
Chpt 2contentedly = in a satisfied manner
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- She could be angrier with him if he were not so sweet-natured and content and surrounded by successful friends.†
Chpt 1 *
- It is hard to slash at nettles for long without a story imposing itself, and Briony was soon absorbed and grimly content, even though she appeared to the world like a girl in the grip of a terrible mood.†
Chpt 1
- Or rather, she cared less, for her mood had shifted since being with the twins, and her thoughts had broadened to include a vague resolution which took shape without any particular content and prompted no specific plan; she had to get away.†
Chpt 1
- Nearly all the adults entering the airless dining room were nauseated by the prospect of a roast dinner, or even roast meat with salad, and would have been content with a glass of cool water.†
Chpt 1
- But suddenly the house had spilled its contents into a night which now belonged to a half-comic domestic crisis.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.