All 4 Uses of
credulous
in
Little Dorrit
- 'That I am not credulous?' said Miss Wade.†
Chpt 1.2
- Oh, Mr Clennam, can you really be so credulous?
Chpt 1.26 *credulous = gullible (being too willing to believe)
- Clennam's looks expressed his heavy disappointment, perhaps his incredulity; for she added in the same unsympathetic tone: 'You don't believe it.†
Chpt 2.20
- With the aid of its content, a newspaper, and some skimming of the cream of the pie-stock, Flora got through the remainder of the day in perfect good humour; though occasionally embarrassed by the consequences of an idle rumour which circulated among the credulous infants of the neighbourhood, to the effect that an old lady had sold herself to the pie-shop to be made up, and was then sitting in the pie-shop parlour, declining to complete her contract.†
Chpt 2.34
Definition:
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(credulous) gullible (being too willing to believe)