Literary notes about improved (AI summary)
In literature the word “improved” serves as a versatile marker of positive transformation, whether referring to tangible enhancements in objects or metaphorical enhancements in character and circumstance. It is often used to describe physical modifications—a road leading to chalets becomes “improved” through better construction [1], or a coffee pot and even more specialized machinery receive enhanced design through patents [2, 3, 4]—demonstrating technical perfection. Equally, “improved” captures personal or social betterment; characters are noted as having improved in health, appearance, and even manners, reflecting growth or recovery [5, 6, 7]. The term also extends to cultural and intellectual progress, suggesting that revised ideas or practices have been elevated beyond their original state [8, 9, 10]. Through these varied applications, “improved” encapsulates a continual pursuit of advancement, whether in the physical realm, the realm of personal development, or the refinement of ideas.
- East of the divide an improved spur road leads to Going-to-the-Sun Chalets on famous St. Marys Lake.
— from Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States. Department of the Interior - The mill was later improved with an all-glass hopper and a tumbler bracket.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - The same year, Finley Acker, of Philadelphia, brought out an improved coffee pot for family trade.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - In 1832 and 1833, United States patents were issued to Ammi Clark, of Berlin, Conn., also on improved coffee and spice mills for home use.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - The stranger has gradually improved in health, but is very silent, and appears uneasy when any one except myself enters his cabin.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Her understanding excellent, her mind improved, and her manners captivating.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - You will find Margaret so improved when you come back again!
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - Some of his finest passages have been appropriated and improved upon by Virgil by the divine right of superior genius.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius - On the theory of natural selection, the extinction of old forms and the production of new and improved forms are intimately connected together.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - James Watt did not invent the steam engine, but he greatly improved it.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
