All 6 Uses of
insight
in
Anna Karenina
- With the insight of a man of the world, from one glance at this lady's appearance Vronsky classified her as belonging to the best society.†
Part 1 *
- He recalled his own criticisms of Tyndall of his complacent satisfaction in the cleverness of his experiments, and for his lack of philosophic insight.†
Part 1
- He saw the first meeting between the husband and wife, and noted with a lover's insight the signs of slight reserve with which she spoke to her husband.†
Part 1
- Being the youngest, she was her father's favorite, and she fancied that his love gave him insight.†
Part 2
- It was only on the supposition that no good nurse would have entered so irregular a household as Anna's that Darya Alexandrovna could explain to herself how Anna with her insight into people could take such an unprepossessing, disreputable-looking woman as nurse to her child.†
Part 6
- It was no good for him to use his insight.†
Part 6
Definition:
a clear understanding of some aspect of a complex situation; or a tendency to have such understandings
(often such an understanding is new and/or sudden)
(often such an understanding is new and/or sudden)