Both Uses of
immeasurable
in
The House of Mirth
- To his impatience it seemed immeasurably long to wait, and half-ashamed of the impulse, he leaned to Mrs. Fisher to ask, as the music ceased, if Miss Bart had not dined with her.†
Chpt 1.14 *
- For an immeasurable second the two spectators of the incident were silent; then the house-door closed, the hansom rolled off, and the whole scene slipped by as if with the turn of a stereopticon.†
Chpt 1.14
Definition:
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(immeasurable) beyond calculation or measure; or not possible to measure