Literary notes about unique (AI summary)
The term "unique" in literature is frequently used to underscore an element's singularity or exceptional nature. Authors employ it to isolate a specific quality or moment as unparalleled, such as when a speech offers images that stand completely apart from all others [1] or when a historic incident is rendered nearly incomparable in its impact [2]. In other contexts, the word elevates the distinctiveness of a person, work, or even a written style—be it the unmatched character of a literary figure [3], the extraordinary narrative quality of an event [4], or the precise identification of a digital footprint in technological discourse [5]. This versatility illustrates how "unique" serves as a powerful descriptor to highlight that which is inimitable and singular in its occurrence or form.
- Observe too these images stand unique in the speeches of Imogine, without the slightest resemblance to anything she says before or after.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - During those nineteen days just mentioned, no unique incidents distinguished our voyage.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - Nothing could be more unique than the character of Hamlet.
— from Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson - The unique moment was savored to the full.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - IP Address ————— Every machine on the Internet has a unique address, called its Internet number or IP address.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno
