Both Uses of
plaintive
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Even the poor baby at Hester's bosom was affected by the same influence, for it directed its hitherto vacant gaze towards Mr. Dimmesdale, and held up its little arms with a half-pleased, half-plaintive murmur.†
Chpt 3 *
- And yet, majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was for ever in it an essential character of plaintiveness.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(plaintive) expressing sadness -- sometimes with a plea for help