All 4 Uses of
inclined
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- He felt an unaccountable inclination to enter into conversation with people.†
Chpt 2.6 *inclination = tendency; or desire
- But he did not believe a word he said, though he felt a strange inclination to believe.†
Chpt 4.5
- Then he was interested by the question why in all great towns men are not simply driven by necessity, but in some peculiar way inclined to live in those parts of the town where there are no gardens nor fountains; where there is most dirt and smell and all sorts of nastiness.†
Chpt 1.6
- "You must forgive me, Porfiry Petrovitch, for what has just passed...I lost my temper," began Raskolnikov, who had so far regained his courage that he felt irresistibly inclined to display his coolness.†
Chpt 4.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(inclined as in: I'm inclined to) a tendency, mood, desire, or attitude that favors something; or making someone favor something
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(2)
(incline as in: on an incline or incline his head) to be at an angle or to bend
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)