All 6 Uses of
melancholy
in
Washington Square
- Morris looked at her with an air of mock melancholy.†
Chpt 7 *
- Morris extended his empty hands with a melancholy smile.†
Chpt 16
- Mrs. Penniman got up, with a melancholy sigh, as if she thought him very unimaginative.†
Chpt 16
- They lingered a moment at the foot of Dr. Sloper's white marble steps, above which a spotless white door, adorned with a glittering silver plate, seemed to figure, for Morris, the closed portal of happiness; and then Mrs. Penniman's companion rested a melancholy eye upon a lighted window in the upper part of the house.†
Chpt 16
- If he did, the place was well chosen; this hard, melancholy dell, abandoned by the summer light, made her feel her loneliness.†
Chpt 24
- I see your side perfectly, but I also"— and she smiled with melancholy suggestiveness—"I also see the situation as a whole!"†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad