All 5 Uses of
incessant
in
Emma
- engaging the housekeeper in incessant conversation
Chpt 1.9-10 *incessant = continuous
- Now, according to my idea of Mrs. Churchill, it would be most natural, that while she makes no sacrifice for the comfort of the husband, to whom she owes every thing, while she exercises incessant caprice towards him, she should frequently be governed by the nephew, to whom she owes nothing at all.†
Chpt 1.13-14
- Her approbation, at once general and minute, warm and incessant, could not but please; and for another half-hour they were all walking to and fro, between the different rooms, some suggesting, some attending, and all in happy enjoyment of the future.†
Chpt 2.11-12
- Her gestures and movements might be understood by any one who looked on like Emma; but her words, every body's words, were soon lost under the incessant flow of Miss Bates, who came in talking, and had not finished her speech under many minutes after her being admitted into the circle at the fire.†
Chpt 3.1-2
- The anxious cares, the incessant attentions of Mrs. Weston, were not thrown away.†
Chpt 3.1-2
Definition:
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(incessant) continuous -- often in an annoying way