Both Uses of
tinged
in
Bleak House
- "Our dear little old woman is such a capital old woman," Richard would say, coming up to meet me in the garden early, with his pleasant laugh and perhaps the least tinge of a blush, "that I can't get on without her.†
Chpt 7-9
- It is a coincidence," said Mr. Kenge with a tinge of melancholy in his smile, "one of those coincidences which may or may not require an explanation beyond our present limited faculties, that I have a cousin in the medical profession.†
Chpt 13-15 *
Definition:
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(tinged) with a slight amount
(If an amount of what is not clear from context, it is typically of color.)