All 3 Uses of
stolid
in
Bleak House
- I must except, however, the little recruit into the Infant Bonds of Joy, who was stolidly and evenly miserable.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- He is so original, such a stolid creature, such an immense being for knowing all sorts of things and never telling them!†
Chpt 40-42
- Mr. Bucket compares the faces with one eye shut up, while Mr. Bagnet smokes in stolid satisfaction.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(stolid) having or revealing little emotion -- sometimes indicating qualities of not changing or being dependable
or (much more rarely):
of an object: not interesting -- often large and unmoving