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Example sentences for "more definite"

  • The import of the word is more definite, when emphasis is laid upon it; but this is no good reason for saying, with Dr.

  • Nor, after all, is it true that the compound form is more definite in time than the other.

  • A more definite, assertive self is gradually built up.

  • With agriculture a more definite sense of possession arose.

  • It is just as if I were to utter a falsehood; for notes have as distinct a meaning as words, perhaps even a more definite sense.

  • Nothing can possibly be more definite than in this highly remarkable effect.

  • To take the case of Sarsia as a type, nothing can possibly be more definite than is the single sharp contraction of the mutilated nectocalyx in response to every nip with the forceps.

  • Its departure, making the night more dark, made the distant light in the grove seem more clear, more definite, more brilliant.

  • It failed, then came again, with a slightly greater force, a more definite intention.

  • Only when he talked of his occupations was he more definite, more strongly personal.

  • It derived its prominence originally, no doubt, from the splendor and mystery of the sidereal heavens; the identification (by the Babylonians) of certain planets with certain deities gave it more definite shape.

  • It is a crude, initial political form that has given way to more definite forms.

  • The rules governing marriage are less elaborate than in Australia, the method of initiation is simpler, and the political organization is more definite.

  • In Central Australia there is only a vague, inactive form that may be called divine; a more definite conception is found in Southeastern Australia, where the strictness of totemism is relaxed.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    fiscal agent; more accurate; more agreeable; more appropriate; more careful; more commonly; more complicated; more comprehensive; more considerable; more delightful; more difficult; more easy; more economical; more elevated; more generally; more happy; more idea; more importance; more interested; more money; more reasonable; more shall; more strictly; more work; more years; prefect appointed