All 7 Uses of
resolute
in
The House of Mirth
- Chance encounters, or even the repeated mention of her name, would send his thoughts back into grooves from which he had resolutely detached them; whereas, if she could be entirely excluded from his life, the pressure of new and varied impressions, with which no thought of her was connected, would soon complete the work of separation.†
Chpt 2.1
- She rose and laid her resolute hands on Miss Farish's shoulders.†
Chpt 2.4 *
- Her habit of resolutely facing the facts, in her rare moments of introspection, did not now allow her to put any false gloss on the situation.†
Chpt 2.4
- Mrs. Fisher gathered up her floating implications in a resolute grasp.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Yes; that's what I do mean," he answered resolutely.†
Chpt 2.7
- She had resolutely refused Gerty's offer of hospitality.†
Chpt 2.10
- He put it from him with sudden loathing, and setting his lips, addressed himself resolutely to what remained of his task.†
Chpt 2.14
Definition:
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(resolute) firm in purpose or belief