All 5 Uses of
affinity
in
The House of Mirth
- Mere display left her with a sense of superior distinction; but she felt an affinity to all the subtler manifestations of wealth.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- But the deeper affinity was unmistakable: the two had the same prejudices and ideals, and the same quality of making other standards non-existent by ignoring them.†
Chpt 1.4
- It was not in Bertha's habits to be neighbourly, much less to make advances to any one outside the immediate circle of her affinities.†
Chpt 2.6
- And it was not, after the first moment, the horror of the idea that held her spell-bound, subdued to his will; it was rather its subtle affinity to her own inmost cravings.†
Chpt 2.7
- Ned Silverton's relation to Stancy seemed, for instance, closer and less clear than any natural affinities would warrant; and both appeared united in the effort to cultivate Freddy Van Osburgh's growing taste for Mrs. Hatch.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(affinity) a natural attraction, sympathy, or important similarity