All 3 Uses of
melancholy
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- It was a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and neighborhood legend: Mrs. Radley had been beautiful until she married Mr. Radley and lost all her money.
p. 52..6 *melancholy = sad
- If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was always nothing.
p. 132..9
- Line for line, voices followed in simple harmony until the hymn ended in a melancholy murmur.
p. 161..8
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad