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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Do you mainly read books in your native language? In those I never use a dictionary either. But in foreign language, it really can be fun. But I find myself only using it, when it's more or less instantaneous. Usually, it's not that important to lookup a word, to (as a very negative example) close the actual book, start a dictionary (maybe even have to switch folders to reach it), manually enter the reference, close the dictionary, .....
That's where usually touchscreens come in handy. The Kindle modus is very efficient as well.
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Yep, mainly in my native language, although many times with words from other languages thrown in. I tend to use it more for classics with older iterations of English. I can almost always understand the word from the context, but it's also nice to look at the specific definition at times.