Both Uses of
chasm
in
Mansfield Park
- CHAPTER VI Mr. Bertram set off for——, and Miss Crawford was prepared to find a great chasm in their society, and to miss him decidedly in the meetings which were now becoming almost daily between the families; and on their all dining together at the Park soon after his going, she retook her chosen place near the bottom of the table, fully expecting to feel a most melancholy difference in the change of masters.†
Chpt 6
- Their departure made another material change at Mansfield, a chasm which required some time to fill up.†
Chpt 21 *
Definition:
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(chasm) a large and deep and steep-sided opening on the earth's surface; or (more rarely) any large gap
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion