All 8 Uses of
stolid
in
The Red Badge of Courage
- He felt that every nerve in his body would be an ear to hear the voices, while other men would remain stolid and deaf.†
Chpt 2
- The guns, stolid and undaunted, spoke with dogged valor.†
Chpt 6
- He did not stand stolidly baring his furry belly to the missile, and die with an upward glance at the sympathetic heavens.†
Chpt 7
- Among some stolid trees it began to falter and hesitate.†
Chpt 19
- The regiment fell back to the stolid trees.†
Chpt 20
- The youth walked stolidly into the midst of the mob, and with his flag in his hands took a stand as if he expected an attempt to push him to the ground.
Chpt 20 *stolidly = with little emotion
- The stolid trees, where much had taken place, seemed incredibly near.†
Chpt 21
- They passed within view of a stolid white house, and saw in front of it groups of their comrades lying in wait behind a neat breastwork.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(stolid) having or revealing little emotion -- sometimes indicating qualities of not changing or being dependable
or (much more rarely):
of an object: not interesting -- often large and unmoving