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kjc0123 | 09:58 Mon 15th Nov 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the meaning of "in some capacity" in the following sentence?

From the time he graduated from Harvard College in 1740, Adams was a public servant in some capacity -- inspector of chimneys, tax-collector and moderator of town meetings. A consistent failure in business, he was shrewd and able in politics, with the New England town meeting his theater of action.

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It means he worked for local government in a number of different posts at different times.

 

11:00 Mon 15th Nov 2004
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Typically, paid employment but not noticeably so, or otherwise.
14:49 Mon 15th Nov 2004
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some is used as an indefinite adjective, meaning any or a few.

the script them lists three of them. One cannot tell from the script whether he had more than three posts.

23:09 Mon 15th Nov 2004
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homework assignment?
01:15 Mon 22nd Nov 2004

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