All 5 Uses of
essential
in
The Awakening
- Each house consisted of two compartments, and each family at Lebrun's possessed a compartment for itself, fitted out with all the essential paraphernalia of the bath and whatever other conveniences the owners might desire.†
Chpt 7 *
- "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.†
Chpt 16
- "I don't know what you would call the essential, or what you mean by the unessential," said Madame Ratignolle, cheerfully; "but a woman who would give her life for her children could do no more than that—your Bible tells you so.†
Chpt 16
- "I don't know what you would call the essential, or what you mean by the unessential," said Madame Ratignolle, cheerfully; "but a woman who would give her life for her children could do no more than that—your Bible tells you so.†
Chpt 16
- She understood now clearly what she had meant long ago when she said to Adele Ratignolle that she would give up the unessential, but she would never sacrifice herself for her children.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(essential) necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something