Both Uses of
momentous
in
Mansfield Park
- …to her was then as nearly as possible what it had been before; she was sure he did not mean there should be any change, and that it was only her own conscience that could fancy any; but her aunt was soon quarrelling with her; and when she found how much and how unpleasantly her having only walked out without her aunt's knowledge could be dwelt on, she felt all the reason she had to bless the kindness which saved her from the same spirit of reproach, exerted on a more momentous subject.†
Chpt 32
- Where she could be placed became a subject of most melancholy and momentous consultation.†
Chpt 48 *
Definition:
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(momentous) of very great significance