All 3 Uses of
impulsive
in
The Age of Innocence
- "I'm so sorry," he said impulsively; "but you ARE among friends here, you know."†
Chpt 8 *
- She was persuaded that irrepressible passion was the cause of his impatience; and being an ardent admirer of impulsiveness (when it did not lead to the spending of money) she always received him with a genial twinkle of complicity and a play of allusion to which May seemed fortunately impervious.†
Chpt 21
- As he walked past her she moved forward impulsively, as though to detain him: their eyes met, and he saw that hers were of the same swimming blue as when he had left her to drive to Jersey City.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(impulsive) action without forethought; or such a tendency