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style

/staɪl/ noun A2
  1. A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus. (countable, uncountable)
  3. The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. (countable, uncountable)
  4. The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A small, thin, pointed body part. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region. (countable, uncountable) · the anal styles of insects
  8. A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good. (countable, uncountable)

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I should judge it was of all sorts of ages and styles, starting on a half-timbered Elizabethan foundation and ending in a Victorian portico.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 5 · B2
I don’t want an orphan girl and if I did she isn’t the style I’d pick out.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 37 · C1
“I don’t fancy her style myself,” admitted Marilla, “but it’s that or keeping her ourselves, Matthew.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 60 · C1
She’s a real pretty girl got to be, though I can’t say I’m overly partial to that pale, big-eyed style myself.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 257 · C1

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