All 6 Uses of
convention
in
Jane Eyre
- Conventionality is not morality.†
Chpt Pref.
- I should, if I had deliberated, have replied to this question by something conventionally vague and polite; but the answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I was aware — "No, sir."†
Chpt 14
- And will you consent to dispense with a great many conventional forms and phrases, without thinking that the omission arises from insolence?†
Chpt 14 *
- The Lowood constraint still clings to you somewhat; controlling your features, muffling your voice, and restricting your limbs; and you fear in the presence of a man and a brother — or father, or master, or what you will — to smile too gaily, speak too freely, or move too quickly: but, in time, I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you; and then your looks and movements will have more vivacity and variety than they dare offer now.†
Chpt 14
- To attain this end, are you justified in overleaping an obstacle of custom — a mere conventional impediment which neither your conscience sanctifies nor your judgment approves?†
Chpt 20
- I could never rest in communication with strong, discreet, and refined minds, whether male or female, till I had passed the outworks of conventional reserve, and crossed the threshold of confidence, and won a place by their heart's very hearthstone.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(convention as in: conventional behavior) something regarded as normal or typical