Both Uses of
trepidation
in
Mansfield Park
- There was no occasion, there was no time for Fanny to say how very differently she felt; but the idea of having such another to observe her was a great increase of the trepidation with which she performed the very awful ceremony of walking into the drawing-room.†
Chpt 23 *
- "You cannot think I mean to hurry you," said he, in an undervoice, perceiving the amazing trepidation with which she made up the note, "you cannot think I have any such object.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(trepidation) nervousness (fear or anxiety about what will happen)