All 6 Uses of
latent
in
The House of Mirth
- But dinginess is a quality which assumes all manner of disguises; and Lily soon found that it was as latent in the expensive routine of her aunt's life as in the makeshift existence of a continental pension.†
Chpt 1.3
- He met her eyes with the latent sweetness of his.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- The appeal of her helplessness touched in him, as it always did, a latent chord of inclination.†
Chpt 1.8
- It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.†
Chpt 1.11
- Now he suddenly felt the latent ache, and realized that after all he had not come off unhurt.†
Chpt 2.1
- He would marry her tomorrow if she could regain Bertha Dorset's friendship; and to induce the open resumption of that friendship, and the tacit retractation of all that had caused its withdrawal, she had only to put to the lady the latent menace contained in the packet so miraculously delivered into her hands.†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
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(latent) potentially existing but not presently evident or active