Both Uses of
plaintive
in
Emma
- "And do you see her, sir, tolerably often?" asked Isabella in the plaintive tone which just suited her father.†
Chpt 1.11-12 *
- She could not think that Harriet's solace or her own sins required more; and she was therefore industriously getting rid of the subject as they returned;—but it burst out again when she thought she had succeeded, and after speaking some time of what the poor must suffer in winter, and receiving no other answer than a very plaintive— "Mr.†
Chpt 2.1-2
Definition:
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(plaintive) expressing sadness -- sometimes with a plea for help