All 4 Uses of
phlegmatic
in
Jane Eyre
- She said "Good morning, Miss," in her usual phlegmatic and brief manner; and taking up another ring and more tape, went on with her sewing.†
Chpt 16 *
- The tall and phlegmatic Lord Ingram leans with folded arms on the chair-back of the little and lively Amy Eshton; she glances up at him, and chatters like a wren: she likes him better than she does Mr. Rochester.†
Chpt 17
- Is he a person of low stature, phlegmatic, and plain.†
Chpt 37
- The housekeeper and her husband were both of that decent phlegmatic order of people, to whom one may at any time safely communicate a remarkable piece of news without incurring the danger of having one's ears pierced by some shrill ejaculation, and subsequently stunned by a torrent of wordy wonderment.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(phlegmatic) showing little emotion