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Definition
a farewell remark (an alternative to goodbye)
- Adieu to disappointment and spleen.Chapter 27 (92% in)
- His present pursuit could not make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu, wishing her every enjoyment, reminding her of what she was to expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of her—their opinion of everybody—would always coincide, there was a solicitude, an interest which she felt must ever attach her to him with a most...Chapter 27 (23% in)
- Mrs. Bennet was diffuse in her good wishes for the felicity of her daughter, and impressive in her injunctions that she should not miss the opportunity of enjoying herself as much as possible—advice which there was every reason to believe would be well attended to; and in the clamorous happiness of Lydia herself in bidding farewell, the more gentle adieus of her sisters were uttered without being heard.Chapter 41 (**% in)
- They entered the woods, and bidding adieu to the river for a while, ascended some of the higher grounds; when, in spots where the opening of the trees gave the eye power to wander, were many charming views of the valley, the opposite hills, with the long range of woods overspreading many, and occasionally part of the stream.Chapter 43 (58% in)
- Adieu!Chapter 46 (33% in)
- Mr. Wickham's adieus were much more affectionate than his wife's.Chapter 53 (5% in)
- The adieu is charity itself.Chapter 58 (55% in)
There are no more uses of "adieu" in Pride and Prejudice.
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