All 4 Uses of
zeal
in
The House of Mirth
- It had been preceded by an equal zeal for socialism, which had in turn replaced an energetic advocacy of Christian Science.†
Chpt 1.4
- threw herself into it with her accustomed zeal.
Chpt 1.12 *zeal = active interest and enthusiasm
- Still, Dorset's spasmodic temper, and his wife's reckless disregard of appearances, gave the situation a peculiar insecurity; and it was less from the sense of any special relation to the case than from a purely professional zeal, that Selden resolved to guide the pair to safety.†
Chpt 2.3
- There his zeal met a check in the unforeseen news that Miss Bart had moved away; but, on his pressing his enquiries, the clerk remembered that she had left an address, for which he presently began to search through his books.†
Chpt 2.8
Definition:
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(zeal) active interest and enthusiasm