All 4 Uses of
impertinent
in
Middlemarch
- Lydgate's conceit was of the arrogant sort, never simpering, never impertinent, but massive in its claims and benevolently contemptuous.†
Chpt 2 *
- Will wrote from Rome, and began by saying that his obligations to Mr. Casaubon were too deep for all thanks not to seem impertinent.†
Chpt 3
- Mary felt uncomfortable, but, determined to take the matter lightly, answered at once, "I have said so many impertinent things to Fred—we are such old playfellows."†
Chpt 4
- Still he called himself stupid now for not foreseeing that it would be impossible for him to look towards Dorothea—nay, that she might feel his coming an impertinence.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(impertinent as in: she was impertinent) rude or improperly bold -- especially toward someone more respected