All 4 Uses of
impertinent
in
Emma
- She meant to be impertinently curious, just as such an Anne Cox should be.†
Chpt 2.9-10 *
- The impertinence of the Eltons, which for a few minutes had threatened to ruin the rest of her evening, had been the occasion of some of its highest satisfactions; and she looked forward to another happy result—the cure of Harriet's infatuation.†
Chpt 3.3-4
- How the trampers might have behaved, had the young ladies been more courageous, must be doubtful; but such an invitation for attack could not be resisted; and Harriet was soon assailed by half a dozen children, headed by a stout woman and a great boy, all clamorous, and impertinent in look, though not absolutely in word.†
Chpt 3.3-4
- —I feel that I should certainly have been impertinent.†
Chpt 3.15-16
Definition:
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(impertinent as in: she was impertinent) rude or improperly bold -- especially toward someone more respected