Both Uses of
premeditated
in
The House of Mirth
- It's a part of your cleverness to be able to produce premeditated effects extemporaneously."†
Chpt 1.6
- They were not, at any rate, the premeditated and perfunctory endearments of the guest under his hostess's eye, for he and the little girl had the room to themselves; and something in his attitude made him seem a simple and kindly being compared to the small critical creature who endured his homage.†
Chpt 2.6 *
Definition:
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(premeditated) to plan or consider before doing -- especially of a crime