All 4 Uses of
negative
in
Great Expectations
- For months afterwards, I every day settled the question finally in the negative, and reopened and reargued it next morning.
Chpt 16negative = indicating an answer of "no"
- I had never heard of any tutor but Biddy and Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt; so, I replied in the negative.
Chpt 18 *
- Mr. Jaggers shook his head,—not in negativing the question, but in altogether negativing the notion that he could anyhow be got to answer it,—and the two horrible casts of the twitched faces looked, when my eyes strayed up to them, as if they had come to a crisis in their suspended attention, and were going to sneeze.†
Chpt 36 *
- Mr. Jaggers shook his head,—not in negativing the question, but in altogether negativing the notion that he could anyhow be got to answer it,—and the two horrible casts of the twitched faces looked, when my eyes strayed up to them, as if they had come to a crisis in their suspended attention, and were going to sneeze.†
Chpt 36
Definitions:
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(negative as in: negative feedback from customers) to express criticism or disagreement, or (especially when talking over a radio or in a military setting) to say "no"
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(negative as in: had a negative effect) bad or harmful