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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anew
Example:
they rehearsed the scene again
Synonyms:
again; once again; once more; over again
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Context examples:
He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
But hark again, a little closer—put your heart in your ears, Mr. Utterson, and tell me, is that the doctor’s foot?
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Or, again, there was that most grotesque affair of the five orange pips, which led straight to a murderous conspiracy.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If some go, you mark my words, sir, Silver'll bring 'em aboard again as mild as lambs.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Darkness then came over me and troubled me, but hardly had I felt this when, by opening my eyes, as I now suppose, the light poured in upon me again.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It was not until we were in the fresh night air again that he opened his mouth.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As they gained the edge of the brushwood, Alleyne, looking back, saw his brother come running out of the house again, with the sun gleaming upon his hair and his beard.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Chandra first observed GK Persei in February 2000 and then again in November 2013.
("Mini Supernova" Explosion Could Have Big Impact, NASA)
"The dunes are active again," says D'Odorico, "and it's happened in just the last three to four decades."
(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)
Beginning in July 2015, bright clouds were again seen on Neptune.
(Hubble Imagery Confirms New Dark Spot on Neptune, NASA)
