Again
[ə'gen;ə'geɪn] or [ə'ɡɛn]
Definition
(adv.) anew; 'she tried again'; 'they rehearsed the scene again'.
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Definition
(adv.) In return, back; as, bring us word again.
(adv.) Another time; once more; anew.
(adv.) Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.
(adv.) In any other place.
(adv.) On the other hand.
(adv.) Moreover; besides; further.
(prep.) Alt. of Agains
Typist: Penelope
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Afresh, anew, once more, another time, DE NOVO.
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Definition
adv. once more: in return: back.
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Examples
- When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The porter lit it again, and I asked if that was all the light the clerk sent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He made that brief reply warmly, dropping his hand on the table while he spoke, and turning towards us again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Again you find us, Miss Summerson, said he, using our little arts to polish, polish! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Kate took out her sketch again, and Margaret watched her, while Mr. Brooke lay on the grass with a book, which he did not read. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I shall see you again, Dick. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But he had shut it down again, if that were so; and it looked as if it had not been raised. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The water pumps were at work again, and I am not sure that the soft-hearted Captain's eyes did not also twinkle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He _could not_ walk on, till daylight came again; and here he stretched himself close to the wall--to undergo new torture. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I demand again to know from thee thy business with Brian de Bois-Guilbert? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I won't look at him again, he told himself. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But it will soon grow out again, said Beth, coming to kiss and comfort the shorn sheep. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- When are you to see him again? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I now take my farewell of your ladyship, and assure you that there's no danger of your ever being waited on by me again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I clutched the leg of the table again immediately, and pressed it to my bosom as if it had been the companion of my youth and friend of my soul. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- If I were to let her come, he said to himself, I should have to let her go again. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Dorothea by this time had turned cold again, and now threw herself back helplessly in her chair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Lady Bertram was very well pleased to have it so, and the young ladies were in spirits again. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- At it again, in a new direction! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You and I shall quarrel, Naumann, if you call that lady my aunt again. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But it passed with the action of rising from her chair; and she sat down again very meekly, and fainted. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Others again kept out of the way, hoping to escape either alternative. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Don't let it happen again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At this time of the morning, it would be rather too good a--Well, I don't know, my dear--you may do that again, if you please. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If I do come again, I hope I shall find you better, I said; better and happier. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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