All 6 Uses of
solicitous
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- It was a night when sorrow may come to the brightest without causing any great sense of incongruity: when, with impressible persons, love becomes solicitousness, hope sinks to misgiving, and faith to hope: when the exercise of memory does not stir feelings of regret at opportunities for ambition that have been passed by, and anticipation does not prompt to enterprise.†
Chpt 10-12
- She panted with solicitude when she thought of possible injury to Troy.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- At first Bathsheba assented with a mien of indifference to his proposition that they should go on to the church at once with their burden; but immediately afterwards, following Gabriel to the gate, she swerved to the extreme of solicitousness on Fanny's account, and desired that the girl might be brought into the house.†
Chpt 40-42
- Bathsheba's face, as she continued looking into the fire that evening, might have excited solicitousness on her account even among those who loved her least.†
Chpt 43-45
- "He that is accursed, let him be accursed still," was the pitiless anathema written in this spoliated effort of his new-born solicitousness.†
Chpt 46-48
- The upshot of the petition was waited for in Weatherbury with solicitous interest.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(solicitous) showing care or concern for someone