Both Uses of
extraneous
in
The House of Mirth
- The next three days demonstrated to her own complete satisfaction Miss Bart's ability to manage her affairs without extraneous aid.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- But when it came to hunting for missing napkins, or helping to decide whether the backstairs needed re-carpeting, Grace's judgment was certainly sounder than Lily's: not to mention the fact that the latter resented the smell of beeswax and brown soap, and behaved as though she thought a house ought to keep clean of itself, without extraneous assistance.†
Chpt 1.9
Definition:
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(extraneous) not relevant or important to the matter under consideration