All 10 Uses of
content
in
Me Before You
- I was still awake and staring at his ceiling discontentedly four hours later.†
p. 100.6discontentedly = in a manner that is dissatisfiedstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in discontentedly reverses the meaning of contentedly. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
- I would have to fill those little white rectangles with a lifetime of things that could generate happiness, contentment, satisfaction, or pleasure.†
p. 154.5contentment = satisfaction
- But Will had closed his eyes and lay there with a look of such unexpected contentment that I just closed my mouth and nodded.†
p. 348.2 *
- He didn't say much when they did this, but he looked quietly contented, as if his body were remembering long-forgotten sensations.†
p. 349.2contented = satisfied
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Will, watching the film, seemed relaxed and almost content.†
p. 112.6 *
- And I cannot for the life of me see how you can be content to live this tiny life.†
p. 228.7
- She disappeared inside, and then reappeared at the window, hauling the contents of a laundry basket down onto what remained of the lawn.†
p. 132.2
- Our house looked as if 90 percent of its contents came from the local pound shop.†
p. 194.4
- He asked me nothing about the contents of the day's newspapers.†
p. 254.5
- I said to Will after I had managed to tip the contents of the salt cellar into my lap.†
p. 287.7
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.