All 3 Uses of
prominent
in
Emma
- The dread of such a failure after all became the prominent uneasiness; and when Harriet appeared, and in very good spirits, and without having any such reason to give for her long absence, she felt a satisfaction which settled her with her own mind, and convinced her, that let Mr. Knightley think or say what he would, she had done nothing which woman's friendship and woman's feelings would not justify.†
Chpt 1.7-8
- …said—much praise and many comments— undoubting decision of its wholesomeness for every constitution, and pretty severe Philippics upon the many houses where it was never met with tolerable;—but, unfortunately, among the failures which the daughter had to instance, the most recent, and therefore most prominent, was in her own cook at South End, a young woman hired for the time, who never had been able to understand what she meant by a basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not too thin.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- The dread of being awakened from the happiest dream, was perhaps the most prominent feeling.†
Chpt 3.13-14 *
Definition:
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(prominent as in: a prominent politician) well-known or important -- especially of a person who is respected