Both Uses of
default
in
Bleak House
- I made a proposal to Peepy, in default of being able to do anything better for him, that he should let me wash him and afterwards lay him down on my bed again.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- Here Mr. Smallweed, wrought up to the highest pitch by his own eloquence, actually throws Judy at her grandmother in default of anything else, by butting that young virgin at the old lady with such force as he can muster and then dropping into his chair in a heap.†
Chpt 31-33
Definition:
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(default as in: the default options) an automatic result that happens (or already happened) unless it is changed by intentional action