All 4 Uses of
presume
in
Ethan Frome
- As if expecting a protest, she continued plaintively; "If you're too busy with the hauling I presume you can let Jotham Powell drive me over with the sorrel in time to ketch the train at the Flats."†
Chpt 3
- But she remained seated, and he could think of nothing more felicitous than: "I presume you're tired after the long ride."†
Chpt 7
- As if trying to make him see reason she replied impartially: "The girl will be over from Bettsbridge to-morrow, and I presume she's got to have somewheres to sleep."†
Chpt 7
- Without lifting her eyes from the page she replied: "I presume she's getting down her trunk."†
Chpt 9 *
Definition:
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(presumptuous as in: she is presumptuous) exercising privileges to which one is not entitled -- such as being too familiar or too bossy