All 3 Uses of
grovel
in
Jane Eyre
- What it was, whether beast or human being, one could not, at first sight, tell: it grovelled, seemingly, on all fours; it snatched and growled like some strange wild animal: but it was covered with clothing, and a quantity of dark, grizzled hair, wild as a mane, hid its head and face.†
Chpt 26
- I was not sure of the existence of one virtue in her nature: I had marked neither modesty, nor benevolence, nor candour, nor refinement in her mind or manners — and, I married her:— gross, grovelling, mole-eyed blockhead that I was!†
Chpt 27
- It was a grovelling fashion of existence: I should never like to return to it.†
Chpt 27 *
Definition:
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(grovel) to show submission or fear -- sometimes by crawling or lying face down