All 11 Uses of
retort
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- "It'd be more to the point if you could say she was a useful little thing," retorted Marilla, "but I'll make it my business to see she's trained to be that.†
Chpt 6
- "I don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are," retorted Marilla.†
Chpt 8
- "She hadn't any right to call me ugly and redheaded," retorted Anne, evasive and defiant.†
Chpt 9
- "Well, she's having it now" retorted Marilla.†
Chpt 14
- The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him.†
Chpt 14 *
- "I don't then," retorted Marilla.†
Chpt 19
- None of the Sloanes would have any dealings with the Bells, because the Bells had declared that the Sloanes had too much to do in the program, and the Sloanes had retorted that the Bells were not capable of doing the little they had to do properly.†
Chpt 26
- "It's easy for you because you have an imagination," retorted Diana, "but what would you do if you had been born without one?†
Chpt 26
- "She's not here when I told her to stay," retorted Marilla.†
Chpt 27
- "It's not the first time I've been glad," retorted Marilla.†
Chpt 36
- "There's a good deal more of the woman about her in others," retorted Marilla, with a momentary return of her old crispness.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(retort as in: quick retort) a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one