Both Uses of
stolid
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The gentleman from Tellson's had nothing left for it but to empty his glass with an air of stolid desperation, settle his odd little flaxen wig at the ears, and follow the waiter to Miss Manette's apartment.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- "Emigrants have no rights, Evremonde," was the stolid reply.†
Chpt 3.1
Definition:
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(stolid) having or revealing little emotion -- sometimes indicating qualities of not changing or being dependable
or (much more rarely):
of an object: not interesting -- often large and unmoving