All 3 Uses of
inconsistent
in
Emma
- Her heart was grieved for a state which seemed but the more pitiable from this sort of irritation of spirits, inconsistency of action, and inequality of powers; and it mortified her that she was given so little credit for proper feeling, or esteemed so little worthy as a friend: but she had the consolation of knowing that her intentions were good, and of being able to say to herself, that could Mr. Knightley have been privy to all her attempts of assisting Jane Fairfax, could he even…†
Chpt 3.9-10
- —Was it new for any thing in this world to be unequal, inconsistent, incongruous—or for chance and circumstance (as second causes) to direct the human fate?†
Chpt 3.11-12 *
- —She felt its inconsistency; but Mr. Knightley was so obliging as to put up with it, and seek no farther explanation.†
Chpt 3.13-14
Definition:
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(inconsistent) not the same in different parts or at different times
or:
not in agreement [with something else]