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(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

27

The thing that most exasperates you is to find yourself at the mercy of the fortuitous, the aleatory, the random, in things and in human actions

—p.27 2 (25) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

The thing that most exasperates you is to find yourself at the mercy of the fortuitous, the aleatory, the random, in things and in human actions

—p.27 2 (25) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

(noun) a structure (as a cupola or a summerhouse) designed to command a view

56

Today I reached the belvedere from which you can glimpse, down below, a little stretch of beach, deserted, facing the gray sea.

—p.56 Leaning from the steep slope (54) by Italo Calvino
uncertain
1 year, 2 months ago

Today I reached the belvedere from which you can glimpse, down below, a little stretch of beach, deserted, facing the gray sea.

—p.56 Leaning from the steep slope (54) by Italo Calvino
uncertain
1 year, 2 months ago

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object

68

the echo of a vanished knowledge revealed in the penumbra and in tacit allusions.

—p.68 4 (68) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

the echo of a vanished knowledge revealed in the penumbra and in tacit allusions.

—p.68 4 (68) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay / (adjective) not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply / (adjective) admitting of no contradiction / (adjective) expressive of urgency or command / (adjective) characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance / (adjective) indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature; haughty / (noun) a challenge (as of a juror) made as of right without assigning any cause

132

because the arrow's peremptory inexorability, without modulations, excludes all the intentions, implications, hesitations possible in the voice of someone I do not see

—p.132 In a network of lines that enlace (132) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

because the arrow's peremptory inexorability, without modulations, excludes all the intentions, implications, hesitations possible in the voice of someone I do not see

—p.132 In a network of lines that enlace (132) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object

140

You enter the penumbra of the lowered blinds

he likes this word

—p.140 7 (140) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

You enter the penumbra of the lowered blinds

he likes this word

—p.140 7 (140) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks

249

I can't wait to go into reverse, to make the things of the world exist again, one by one or all together, to set their variegated and tangible substance,

—p.249 What story down there awaits its end? (244) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago

I can't wait to go into reverse, to make the things of the world exist again, one by one or all together, to set their variegated and tangible substance,

—p.249 What story down there awaits its end? (244) by Italo Calvino
notable
1 year, 2 months ago