All 10 Uses of
opulent
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- —Her mouth glued on his in a luscious voluptuous kiss while his hands felt for the opulent curves inside her deshabillé.†
Chpt 10
- Hands felt for the opulent.†
Chpt 11
- Hands felt for the opulent.†
Chpt 13
- …is difficult in being said which the discrepant opinions of subsequent inquirers are not up to the present congrued to render manifest) whereby maternity was so far from all accident possibility removed that whatever care the patient in that all hardest of woman hour chiefly required and not solely for the copiously opulent but also for her who not being sufficiently moneyed scarcely and often not even scarcely could subsist valiantly and for an inconsiderable emolument was provided.†
Chpt 14
- The poorest kitchenwench no less than the opulent lady of fashion, if so be their constructions and their tempers were warm persuaders for their petitions, would find in him their man.
Chpt 14 *opulent = magnificent and luxurious
- Opulent curves fill out her scarlet trousers and jacket, slashed with gold.†
Chpt 15
- She could without difficulty, he said, have posed for the ensemble, not to dwell on certain opulent curves of the.†
Chpt 16
- Nevertheless he sat tight just viewing the slightly soiled photo creased by opulent curves, none the worse for wear however, and looked away thoughtfully with the intention of not further increasing the other's possible embarrassment while gauging her symmetry of heaving embonpoint.†
Chpt 16
- He weighed the possible evidences for and against ritual murder: the incitations of the hierarchy, the superstition of the populace, the propagation of rumour in continued fraction of veridicity, the envy of opulence, the influence of retaliation, the sporadic reappearance of atavistic delinquency, the mitigating circumstances of fanaticism, hypnotic suggestion and somnambulism.†
Chpt 17
- What rapid but insecure means to opulence might facilitate immediate purchase?†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(opulent) magnificent and luxurious -- usually expensive