All 5 Uses of
credulous
in
The House of Mirth
- Miss Stepney, in the beginning, had not meant to bring up this point; but Mrs. Peniston had only her own incredulity to blame.†
Chpt 1.11
- Mrs. Peniston's genuine incredulity enabled her to dismiss Miss Stepney with a disdain which boded ill for that lady's prospect of succeeding to the black brocade; but minds impenetrable to reason have generally some crack through which suspicion filters, and her visitor's insinuations did not glide off as easily as she had expected.†
Chpt 1.11
- She read their incredulity in their averted looks, and in the mute wretchedness of the men behind them, and for a miserable half-second he thought she quivered on the brink of failure.†
Chpt 2.3
- Bertha has been behaving more than ever like a madwoman, and George's powers of credulity are very nearly exhausted.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- There was as yet nothing definable in the situation, which might well resolve itself into a huge joke on the part of the other two; but Lily had a vague sense that the subject of their experiment was too young, too rich and too credulous.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(credulous) gullible (being too willing to believe)