All 4 Uses of
admonition
in
Bleak House
- With which remark, which appears from its sound to be an extract in verse, Mr. Chadband stalks to the table, and before taking a chair, lifts up his admonitory hand.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- His appearance, after visiting Mrs. Smallweed with one of these admonitions, is particularly impressive and not wholly prepossessing, firstly because the exertion generally twists his black skull-cap over one eye and gives him an air of goblin rakishness, secondly because he mutters violent imprecations against Mrs. Smallweed, and thirdly because the contrast between those powerful expressions and his powerless figure is suggestive of a baleful old malignant who would be very wicked if…†
Chpt 19-21
- Fortunately his elder sister perceives the cause of the agitation in Mrs. Bagnet's breast and with an admonitory poke recalls him.†
Chpt 49-51
- "Don't you think any more," returns Mr. Bucket with admonitory finger, "of throwing yourself out of window.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(admonition) a warning or bit of advice -- such as "Don't drink and drive."