Both Uses of
liable
in
Sense and Sensibility
- The real state of things between Willoughby and her sister was so little known to herself, that in endeavouring to explain it, she might be as liable to say too much as too little.†
Chpt 27
- Surely, after doing so, she cannot be imagined liable to any impression of sorrow or of joy on his account— she cannot be interested in any thing that befalls him.†
Chpt 41 *
Definition:
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(liable as in: is legally liable) legally responsible