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Definition
easily influenced or harmed
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capable of being treated in a particular way
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way
- I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it.Chapter 24 (83% in)
- She began muttering, — "The flame flickers in the eye; the eye shines like dew; it looks soft and full of feeling; it smiles at my jargon: it is susceptible; impression follows impression through its clear sphere; where it ceases to smile, it is sad; an unconscious lassitude weighs on the lid: that signifies melancholy resulting from loneliness.Chapter 19 (52% in)
There are no more uses of "susceptible" in Jane Eyre.
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