Both Uses of
flourish
in
The House of Mirth
- It was a large disjointed hand, with a flourish of masculinity which but slightly disguised its rambling weakness, and the words, scrawled in heavy ink on pale-tinted notepaper, smote on Lily's ear as though she had heard them spoken.†
Chpt 1.9
- Ten months earlier the amount it stood for had represented the depths of penury; but her standard of values had changed in the interval, and now visions of wealth lurked in every flourish of the pen.†
Chpt 2.13 *
Definition:
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(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)