3 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
? —2 uses
exact meaning not specified
Definition
a metal that consists of more than one element
- I was silent; Helen had calmed me; but in the tranquillity she imparted there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness.Chapter 8 (29% in)
- "I believe you will accept the post I offer you," said he, "and hold it for a while: not permanently, though: any more than I could permanently keep the narrow and narrowing — the tranquil, hidden office of English country incumbent; for in your nature is an alloy as detrimental to repose as that in mine, though of a different kind."Chapter 30 (60% in)
There are no more uses of "alloy" flagged with this meaning in Jane Eyre.
Typical Usage
(best examples)
? —1 use
exact meaning not specified
- I only entertained the intention for a moment; for, not being insane, the crisis of exquisite and unalloyed despair, which had originated the wish and design of self-destruction, was past in a second.Chapter 27 (45% in)
There are no more uses of "alloy" in Jane Eyre.
Typical Usage
(best examples)