All 22 Uses of
retort
in
David Copperfield
- But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering with another entreaty to Mrs. Gummidge to cheer up.†
Chpt 1-3
- 'What have you done?' retorted Traddles.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- 'Tell him so,' retorted Peggotty, looking out of her apron.†
Chpt 7-9
- 'Well!' retorted Mr. Peggotty.†
Chpt 10-12
- 'To beg of her, you mean,' retorted the damsel.†
Chpt 13-15
- 'No, no, I beg your pardon,' retorted the Old Soldier.†
Chpt 16-18
- 'To be sure he has,' retorted Mr. Dick, nodding his head gravely.†
Chpt 16-18
- 'Thank you, sir,' retorted Mrs. Heep.†
Chpt 16-18
- 'And what the devil do you mean,' retorted Steerforth, 'by putting Mr. Copperfield into a little loft over a stable?'†
Chpt 19-21
- 'And I have no doubt she loves you like a brother?' said I. 'Humph!' retorted Steerforth, looking at the fire.†
Chpt 19-21
- 'Couldn't have done it, my dear!' retorted Mr. Omer.†
Chpt 19-21
- 'That's tellings, my blessed infant,' she retorted, tapping her nose again, screwing up her face, and twinkling her eyes like an imp of supernatural intelligence.†
Chpt 22-24
- 'Should you?' she retorted.†
Chpt 28-30
- 'Is it your doing!' she retorted.†
Chpt 31-33
- I retorted, quietly.†
Chpt 40-42
- If he had retorted or openly exasperated me, it would have been a relief and a justification; but he had put me on a slow fire, on which I lay tormented half the night.†
Chpt 40-42
- 'No, of course not,' retorted the Old Soldier.†
Chpt 43-45
- 'My darling girl,' I retorted, 'I really must entreat you to be reasonable, and listen to what I did say, and do say.†
Chpt 46-48
- 'Who are you to make yourself known?' retorted Uriah.†
Chpt 52-54
- 'Mother!' he retorted, 'will you keep quiet?†
Chpt 52-54
- 'Why, there's Copperfield, mother,' he angrily retorted, pointing his lean finger at me, against whom all his animosity was levelled, as the prime mover in the discovery; and I did not undeceive him; 'there's Copperfield, would have given you a hundred pound to say less than you've blurted out!'†
Chpt 52-54
- 'Who feels for me?' she sharply retorted.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(retort as in: quick retort) a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one