All 5 Uses of
whim
in
Emma
- If you were as much guided by nature in your estimate of men and women, and as little under the power of fancy and whim in your dealings with them, as you are where these children are concerned, we might always think alike.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- I used to think she was not capable of being fond of any body, except herself: but she has always been kind to him (in her way—allowing for little whims and caprices, and expecting every thing to be as she likes).†
Chpt 1.13-14 *
- They would feel that they could trust him; that the nephew who had done rightly by his father, would do rightly by them; for they know, as well as he does, as well as all the world must know, that he ought to pay this visit to his father; and while meanly exerting their power to delay it, are in their hearts not thinking the better of him for submitting to their whims.†
Chpt 1.17-18
- His father only called him a coxcomb, and thought it a very good story; but that Mrs. Weston did not like it, was clear enough, by her passing it over as quickly as possible, and making no other comment than that "all young people would have their little whims."†
Chpt 2.7-8
- As Mrs. Weston observed, "all young people would have their little whims."†
Chpt 2.7-8
Definition:
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(whim) a sudden desire that arises without any logical explanation