Both Uses of
resolute
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- A vigorous, resolute Church Reader ... was reading something in a loud voice with an expression that precluded any contradiction.
Chpt 1 *resolute = firm in belief
- But one day his wife began upbraiding him so vigorously, using such coarse words, and continued to abuse him every time he did not fulfil her demands, so resolutely and with such evident determination not to give way till he submitted — that is, till he stayed at home and was bored just as she was — that he became alarmed.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(resolute) firm in purpose or belief