All 4 Uses of
rejoinder
in
Middlemarch
- "That depends on the line of study taken," said Will, also getting a tone of rejoinder.†
Chpt 2 *
- Caleb made no rejoinder, but presently lowered his spectacles, drew up his chair to the desk, and said, "Deuce take the bill—I wish it was at Hanover!†
Chpt 3
- Mr. Featherstone grunted: he could not deny that an ordinary sort of girl like her might be expected to be useful, so he thought of another rejoinder, disagreeable enough to be always apropos.†
Chpt 3
- The rejoinder to this was the first shrug.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(rejoinder) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Law: a rejoinder is a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication (reply)