All 5 Uses of
disposition
in
Great Expectations
- No doubt my health would be much better if it was otherwise, still I wouldn't change my disposition if I could.†
p. 91.1 *
- He pretended that his Christian name was Dolge,—a clear Impossibility,—but he was a fellow of that obstinate disposition that I believe him to have been the prey of no delusion in this particular, but wilfully to have imposed that name upon the village as an affront to its understanding.†
p. 118.9
- And she is of so aristocratic a disposition—†
p. 200.4
- Dinner went off gayly, and although my guardian seemed to follow rather than originate subjects, I knew that he wrenched the weakest part of our dispositions out of us.†
p. 224.4
- "What a hopeful disposition you have!" said I, gratefully admiring his cheery ways.†
p. 263.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(disposition as in: a kind disposition) someone's normal mood, personality, or typical way of behaving
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(2)
(disposition as in: disposition of the matter) the decision or action taken when an issue was settled so that it no longer requires attention
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(3)
(disposition as in: disposition of the assets) the giving, selling, or transferring of something to another
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(4)
(disposition as in: strategic troop disposition) the arrangement, positioning, or use of things