Both Uses of
melancholy
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- It isn't a really truly religious piece of poetry, but it's so sad and melancholy that it might as well be.†
Chpt 11 *
- I always thought it was kind of melancholy, but Mrs. Allan's isn't, and I'd like to be a Christian if I could be one like her.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad