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content with how things are
Definition
satisfied
- Years earlier, Archer and Doreen Jayawardene had mentioned to him that Rock Hill was a "see devi" place, meaning a home of contentment and peace.p. 199.9
There are no more uses of "content" flagged with this meaning in Running in the Family.
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exact meaning not specified
- If I wanted permission to do something such as go for a dance I would ask him then, for at that moment he was most content with things.p. 195.4
- Maratina filled a bucket with water and flung the contents towards our cowering screaming bodies.p. 138.3
- He was content though.p. 197.9
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