All 3 Uses of
impudent
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Yes, yes, Mr. Impudence, I know that very well, and I was determined to find out WHERE you had been to.†
Chpt 13 *
- …language could be suffered to announce it; nor could she have supposed Willoughby capable of departing so far from the appearance of every honourable and delicate feeling—so far from the common decorum of a gentleman, as to send a letter so impudently cruel: a letter which, instead of bringing with his desire of a release any professions of regret, acknowledged no breach of faith, denied all peculiar affection whatever— a letter of which every line was an insult, and which proclaimed…†
Chpt 29
- She was well paid for her impudence.†
Chpt 44
Definition:
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(impudent) improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status