All 5 Uses of
sanguine
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Mr. Dashwood's disappointment was, at first, severe; but his temper was cheerful and sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate improvement.†
Chpt 1
- In seasons of cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, or possess, in a greater degree, that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself.†
Chpt 2 *
- Mr. Harris, who attended her every day, still talked boldly of a speedy recovery, and Miss Dashwood was equally sanguine; but the expectation of the others was by no means so cheerful.†
Chpt 43
- Her sister, however, still sanguine, was willing to attribute the change to nothing more than the fatigue of having sat up to have her bed made; and carefully administering the cordials prescribed, saw her, with satisfaction, sink at last into a slumber, from which she expected the most beneficial effects.†
Chpt 43
- "To judge from the Colonel's spirits, however, you have not yet made him equally sanguine."†
Chpt 45
Definition:
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(sanguine) confidently optimistic and cheerful