All 3 Uses of
invariably
in
Middlemarch
- One would know much better what to do if men's characters were more consistent, and especially if one's friends were invariably fit for any function they desired to undertake!†
Chpt 2 *invariably = always; or (said in exaggeration when meaning) almost always
- He was often invited to the Bulstrodes'; but the girls there were hardly out of the schoolroom; and Mrs. Bulstrode's naive way of conciliating piety and worldliness, the nothingness of this life and the desirability of cut glass, the consciousness at once of filthy rags and the best damask, was not a sufficient relief from the weight of her husband's invariable seriousness.†
Chpt 3invariable = never changing; or always the samestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- "Mr. Lydgate," said Mr. Casaubon, with his invariably polite air, "I am exceedingly obliged to you for your punctuality.†
Chpt 4invariably = always; or (said in exaggeration when meaning) almost always