All 5 Uses of
docile
in
Jane Eyre
- I found my pupil sufficiently docile, though disinclined to apply: she had not been used to regular occupation of any kind.†
p. 122.9 *
- Mary would sit and watch me by the hour together: then she would take lessons; and a docile, intelligent, assiduous pupil she made.†
p. 403.8
- Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.†
p. 413.6
- Jane, you are docile, diligent, disinterested, faithful, constant, and courageous; very gentle, and very heroic: cease to mistrust yourself — I can trust you unreservedly.†
p. 465.8
- As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects; and when she left school, I found in her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile, good-tempered, and well-principled.†
p. 519.2
Definition:
easily led or managed -- perhaps submissive or well-behaved