All 7 Uses
adieu
in
Pride and Prejudice
(Edited)
- ...in his manner of bidding her adieu...there was a solicitude, an interest which she felt must ever attach her to him with a most sincere regard.
p. 149.9adieu = goodbye
- Adieu to disappointment and spleen.
p. 152.5 *
- ...and in the clamorous happiness of Lydia herself in bidding farewell, the more gentle adieus of her sisters were uttered without being heard.
p. 227.9adieus = goodbyes
- They entered the woods, and bidding adieu to the river for a while, ascended some of the higher grounds;
p. 242.8adieu = goodbye
- Adieu! (ending a letter)
p. 262.7
- Mr. Wickham's adieus were much more affectionate than his wife's.
p. 312.6adieus = goodbyes
- The letter, perhaps, began in bitterness, but it did not end so. The adieu is charity itself.
p. 348.7adieu = closing words
Definitions:
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(1)
(adieu) a farewell remark (an alternative to goodbye)Adieu is typically more formal than bye. It comes from the French, à Dieu which literally means "to God" — as in I entrust you to God's care.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)