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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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indefinite

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/Used In Literature ↓

(grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

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period indefinite. indefinitenumber indefinitetime indefinitearticle indefinitefuture indefinite
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Poetry examples for indefinite

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

admired. But the hope excited by a work of genius, being general and

indefinite, is rarely gratified. It was read at that with so much favour

that six editions were sold.

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