All 6 Uses of
disposition
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Here, one would suppose, might have been sorrow enough to imbue the sunniest disposition through and through with a sable tinge.
Chpt Intr.disposition = normal mood and personality
- As a final disposition I contemplate depositing them with the Essex Historical Society.†
Chpt Intr.
- Even had there been a disposition to turn the matter into ridicule, it must have been repressed and overpowered by the solemn presence of men no less dignified than the governor, and several of his counsellors, a judge, a general, and the ministers of the town...
Chpt 2 *disposition = inclination or desire
- They were now illuminated by the morning radiance of a young child's disposition, but, later in the day of earthly existence, might be prolific of the storm and whirlwind.
Chpt 6disposition = normal mood and personality
- Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent, not from any notion of obedience, but because the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition was excited by the appearance of those new personages.
Chpt 7disposition = personality
- And this, moreover, was a mother's estimate of the child's disposition.
Chpt 15disposition = normal mood and personality
Definition:
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(disposition as in: a kind disposition) someone's normal mood, personality, or typical way of behaving