Both Uses of
inconsistent
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Do you hear?' she added, waiting with some apparent inconsistency FOR an answer.†
Chpt 28 *
- Such are his jealousy and hatred of me, that if he knew his daughter had opened her heart to me, he would render her life miserable with his reproaches; although—this is the inconsistency and selfishness of his character—although if he knew that every penny she had came from me, he would not relinquish one personal desire that the most reckless expenditure of her scanty stock could gratify.'†
Chpt 46
Definition:
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(inconsistent) not the same in different parts or at different times
or:
not in agreement [with something else]