Both Uses of
distinct
in
The Phantom Tollbooth
- "Why not wait for your just desserts?" mumbled the earl indistinctly, his mouth full of food.†
p. 89.4 *indistinctly = not clearlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indistinctly means not and reverses the meaning of distinctly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- And he toppled back, exhausted, into his chair and continued to mumble indistinctly.†
p. 93.6
Definition:
clear, easily noticed, and/or identifiable as different or separate