All 4 Uses of
remiss
in
Emma
- Not to wait upon a bride is very remiss.†
Chpt 2.13-14 *
- She had been often remiss, her conscience told her so; remiss, perhaps, more in thought than fact; scornful, ungracious.†
Chpt 3.7-8
- She had been often remiss, her conscience told her so; remiss, perhaps, more in thought than fact; scornful, ungracious.†
Chpt 3.7-8
- Depend upon it, that was the case: and very likely to happen with the Donwell servants, who are all, I have often observed, extremely awkward and remiss.†
Chpt 3.15-16
Definition:
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(remiss) careless -- especially with regard to a duty