All 3 Uses of
domineering
in
The Mill on the Floss
- "Let her go, and the sooner the better; she won't be trying to domineer over me again in a hurry."†
Chpt 1.7 *
- Not that Mrs. Tulliver's feeble beseeching could have had this feather's weight in virtue of her single personality; but whenever she departed from entire assent to her husband, he saw in her the representative of the Dodson family; and it was a guiding principle with Mr. Tulliver to let the Dodsons know that they were not to domineer over him, or—more specifically—that a male Tulliver was far more than equal to four female Dodsons, even though one of them was Mrs. Glegg.†
Chpt 2.2
- If Wakem were to meet him then, Mr. Tulliver would look straight at him, and the rascal would perhaps be forsaken a little by his cool, domineering impudence.†
Chpt 5.7
Definition:
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(domineering) tending to exercise control over others in an autocratic manner