All 7 Uses of
presume
in
The House of Mirth
- The collective nature of her interests exempted her from the ordinary rivalries of her sex, and she knew no more personal emotion than that of hatred for the woman who presumed to give bigger dinners or have more amusing house-parties than herself.†
Chpt 1.4
- She understood only that before her lay a letter written by Bertha Dorset, and addressed, presumably, to Lawrence Selden.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- She had first imagined some physical shock, some peril of the crowded streets, since Lily was presumably on her way home from Carry Fisher's; but she now saw that other nerve-centres were smitten, and her mind trembled back from conjecture.†
Chpt 1.14
- And I ain't talking to you as if you were—I presume I know the kind of talk that's expected under those circumstances.†
Chpt 1.15
- The quality of Mrs. Bry's hospitality, and of the tips her husband had presumably imparted, lent to the manner of the English ladies a general effusiveness which shed the rosiest light over their hostess's future.†
Chpt 2.3
- But I presume he was too stylish for me—he travelled for the firm, and had seen a great deal of society.†
Chpt 2.13 *
- Why had she been writing to Trenor—writing, presumably, just after their parting of the previous evening?†
Chpt 2.14
Definitions:
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(presume as in: presumption of innocence) to think of something as true or likely, even though it is not known with certaintyeditor's notes: Something can be presumed because it seems reasonable or because there is a rule or law demanding such an assumption. For example, in the United States someone charged with a crime is presumed by law to be innocent unless they are proven guilty at a trial.
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(presumptuous as in: she is presumptuous) exercising privileges to which one is not entitled -- such as being too familiar or too bossy