Both Uses of
propensity
in
Hard Times
- Once again, Stephen had to conquer an instinctive propensity to dislike this old woman, though her manner was as honest and simple as a manner possibly could be.†
Chpt 2.6
- She had a curious propensity to call Mrs. Bounderby 'Miss Gradgrind,' and yielded to it some three or four score times in the course of the evening.†
Chpt 2.8 *
Definition:
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(propensity) an inclination to behave in a certain way