Literary notes about unbounded (AI summary)
The term "unbounded" is employed by authors to convey a sense of limitless intensity or expansiveness, whether describing emotions, power, or knowledge. It intensifies the depiction of phenomena that defy conventional limits, as seen when a character receives "unbounded applause" [1] or experiences "unbounded delight" [2]. Similarly, it underscores the immeasurable reach of influence and authority in the political or intellectual realm, such as when power is described as "unbounded" [3] or when a ruler’s sway is portrayed as unlimited [4]. Whether applied to human passion, astonishment, or the depth of one’s inner life, the word enriches narratives with the idea that certain forces or feelings are boundless and all-encompassing.
- That room was their boat; that audience were the maidens; and he (Mr. Anthony Humm), however unworthily, was ‘first oars’ (unbounded applause).
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - Do you know, Marina, that as I walk in the fields or in the shady garden, as I look at this table here, my heart swells with unbounded happiness.
— from Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - The influence of a public press thus constituted, upon a sceptical nation, must be unbounded.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - I am at their mercy, they have unbounded power, and make of it what use they please.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
