All 5 Uses of
irrelevant
in
Gone with the Wind
- So she danced through the night of Ashley's wedding in a daze and said things mechanically and smiled and irrelevantly wondered at the stupidity of people who thought her a happy bride and could not see that her heart was broken.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- Sixteen at the most, thought Scarlett irrelevantly, must be one of the Home Guard or a runaway schoolboy.†
Chpt 3.23
- For a timeless moment she stood there and in the still hot hush of the summer morning every irrelevant sound and scent seemed magnified, the quick thudding of her heart, like a drumbeat, the slight rough rustling of the magnolia leaves, the far-off plaintive sound of a swamp bird and the sweet smell of the flowers outside the window.†
Chpt 3.26
- What book?" her mind ran on, foolishly, irrelevantly as she cast frantic eyes about the room, noting how dully the massive silver gleamed in the dim light, how frighteningly dark the corners were.†
Chpt 5.54
- She remembered irrelevantly Rhett's drunken remark: "She can't conceive of dishonor in anyone she loves …. let that be your cross."†
Chpt 5.55
Definition:
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(irrelevant) not relevant (not related to the subject being considered, or not important enough to want to consider)