Both Uses of
disposition
in
Crime and Punishment
- But though Avdotya Romanovna shared her anxiety, and was not of timorous disposition, she could not see the glowing light in his eyes without wonder and almost alarm.†
Chpt 3.1 *
- She was naturally of a gay, lively and peace-loving disposition, but from continual failures and misfortunes she had come to desire so keenly that all should live in peace and joy and should not dare to break the peace, that the slightest jar, the smallest disaster reduced her almost to frenzy, and she would pass in an instant from the brightest hopes and fancies to cursing her fate and raving, and knocking her head against the wall.†
Chpt 5.2
Definition:
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(disposition as in: a kind disposition) someone's normal mood, personality, or typical way of behaving