SYN: obvious, evident, indisputable, plain, [See INT], Dubious, ambiguous, questionable.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

opportunely &c. adj.; in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time; for the nonce; in the nick of time, in the fullness of time; all in good time; just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never. by the way, by the by; en passant[Fr], a propos[Fr]; pro re nata[Lat], pro hac vice[Lat]; par parenthese[Fr], parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally; while speaking of, while on the subject; extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; on the spot &c. (early) 132.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

When the village had taken its poor supper, it did not creep to bed, as it usually did, but came out of doors again, and remained there.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

I have not been able to dine once at home since I came, for people are fighting to have me; in a word, just as I love Mannheim, so Mannheim loves me; and, though of course I don't know it positively, still I do think it possible that I may get an appointment here.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The work which in primitive society is done by all alike and by all equally ill, or nearly so, is gradually distributed among different classes of workers and executed more and more perfectly; and so far as the products, material or immaterial, of this specialised labour are shared by all, the whole community benefits by the increasing specialisation.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

What drowning beauty, what incarnate passion shall I drag to the shore from this wild eddy of dreams?
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

The god did not hesitate, so highly did he prize the draught, but immediately plucked out one of his eyes, which Mimir kept in pledge, sinking it deep down into his fountain, where it shone with mild lustre, leaving Odin with but one eye, which is considered emblematic of the sun.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

When I can leave my office in time so that I can spend thirty or forty minutes in spading the ground, in planting seeds, in digging about the plants, I feel that I am coming into contact with something that is giving me strength for the many duties and hard places that await me out in the big world.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

I protest, sir, I don't comprehend your meaning.
— from She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy by Oliver Goldsmith

No dictatorial person is popular; She is dictatorial. 73.
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

The food is properly served in dishes, and a corporal or a man told off for the duty is at the head of each table to help each man to his allowance, for which an enamelled plate is provided.
— from The French Army from Within by Anonymous

"Put not your faith in proverbs," said I. Dr. Fletcher opened the door.
— from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates

So that the three operations of composing, casting, and sorting moulds are in progress simultaneously in different parts of the machine; with the result that as many as 20,000 letters can be formed by an expert in the space of an hour, against the 1500 letters of a skilled hand compositor.
— from The Romance of Modern Invention Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy, Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, Solar Motors, Airships, &c. &c. by Archibald Williams

"Yes," responded the skipper, "I presume Stanley is drilling some of those landmen."
— from The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton

Some writers have said that in Poland some infantile disorders are supposed to be the work of mischievous spirits using thistle-seed.
— from Storyology: Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor

These are sewn by machines driven by electric power and afterwards cut in proper sizes by electric cutting knife, prices inserted and placed in partitioned spaces in drawers arranged in suitable cabinets.
— from How Department Stores Are Carried On by W. B. (Wesley Briggs) Phillips

When Ogga opened the door of his tent he could look over the steep land ascending to the glacier, and not infrequently he watched the mastodon moving in small herds, or a few individuals in pairs stirring in dark patches among the low trees and bushes at the sides of rivers; could even see their white tusks reflecting the light from the curved ivory, could even hear their low trumpet calls increasing to brisk short snorts, or the wash of the pond waters as their slouching bodies entered some unfrequented pool to drink or bathe.
— from A Woman of the Ice Age by L. P. (Louis Pope) Gratacap

"I wot not," said the old carle; "I was born in peace and suckled in peace; and in peace I fell to the loving of maidens, and I wedded in peace, and begat children in peace, and in peace they dwell about me, and in peace shall I depart.
— from The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris