Both Uses of
indispensable
in
Great Expectations
- There was no indispensable necessity for my communicating with Joe by letter, inasmuch as he sat beside me and we were alone.†
Chpt 7 *
- I believe it is well known in a constitutional country that Mr. Wopsle could not possibly have returned the skull, after moralizing over it, without dusting his fingers on a white napkin taken from his breast; but even that innocent and indispensable action did not pass without the comment, "Wai-ter!"†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(indispensable) absolutely necessary