All 33 Uses of
inclined
in
Emma
- Mr. Perry was an intelligent, gentlemanlike man, whose frequent visits were one of the comforts of Mr. Woodhouse's life; and upon being applied to, he could not but acknowledge (though it seemed rather against the bias of inclination) that wedding-cake might certainly disagree with many—perhaps with most people, unless taken moderately.†
Chpt 1.1-2 (definition 1)
- Her early attachment to herself was very amiable; and her inclination for good company, and power of appreciating what was elegant and clever, shewed that there was no want of taste, though strength of understanding must not be expected.†
Chpt 1.3-4 (definition 1)
- His appearance was very neat, and he looked like a sensible young man, but his person had no other advantage; and when he came to be contrasted with gentlemen, she thought he must lose all the ground he had gained in Harriet's inclination.†
Chpt 1.3-4 (definition 1)
- Mr. Woodhouse at last was off; but Mr. Knightley, instead of being immediately off likewise, sat down again, seemingly inclined for more chat.†
Chpt 1.7-8 (definition 1)
- "I cannot rate her beauty as you do," said he; "but she is a pretty little creature, and I am inclined to think very well of her disposition.†
Chpt 1.7-8 (definition 1)
- Emma could not think it too soon; for with all his good and agreeable qualities, there was a sort of parade in his speeches which was very apt to incline her to laugh.†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 1)
- She ran away to indulge the inclination, leaving the tender and the sublime of pleasure to Harriet's share.†
Chpt 1.9-10 (definition 1)
- CHAPTER XII Mr. Knightley was to dine with them—rather against the inclination of Mr. Woodhouse, who did not like that any one should share with him in Isabella's first day.†
Chpt 1.11-12 (definition 1)
- Harriet, Mr. Elton, and Mr. Knightley, their own especial set, were the only persons invited to meet them;—the hours were to be early, as well as the numbers few; Mr. Woodhouse's habits and inclination being consulted in every thing.†
Chpt 1.13-14 (definition 1)
- Mr. Elton looked as if he did not very well know what answer to make; which was exactly the case; for though very much gratified by the kind care of such a fair lady, and not liking to resist any advice of her's, he had not really the least inclination to give up the visit;—but Emma, too eager and busy in her own previous conceptions and views to hear him impartially, or see him with clear vision, was very well satisfied with his muttering acknowledgment of its being "very cold,…†
Chpt 1.13-14 (definition 1)
- —But there is, I believe, in many men, especially single men, such an inclination—such a passion for dining out—a dinner engagement is so high in the class of their pleasures, their employments, their dignities, almost their duties, that any thing gives way to it—and this must be the case with Mr. Elton; a most valuable, amiable, pleasing young man undoubtedly, and very much in love with Harriet; but still, he cannot refuse an invitation, he must dine out wherever he is asked.†
Chpt 1.13-14 (definition 1)
- Harriet did think him all perfection, and maintained the non-existence of any body equal to him in person or goodness—and did, in truth, prove herself more resolutely in love than Emma had foreseen; but yet it appeared to her so natural, so inevitable to strive against an inclination of that sort unrequited, that she could not comprehend its continuing very long in equal force.†
Chpt 1.17-18 (definition 1)
- He agreed to it, but with so quiet a "Yes," as inclined her almost to doubt his real concurrence; and yet there must be a very distinct sort of elegance for the fashionable world, if Jane Fairfax could be thought only ordinarily gifted with it.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 1)
- He seemed to have all the life and spirit, cheerful feelings, and social inclinations of his father, and nothing of the pride or reserve of Enscombe.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 1)
- But Emma, in her own mind, determined that he did know what he was talking about, and that he shewed a very amiable inclination to settle early in life, and to marry, from worthy motives.†
Chpt 2.5-6 (definition 1)
- With their wealth, their views increased; their want of a larger house, their inclination for more company.†
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 1)
- She owned that, considering every thing, she was not absolutely without inclination for the party.†
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 1)
- I am very much inclined to think that
Chpt 2.7-8 (definition 1) *inclined = with a tendency
- But still she had inclination enough for shewing people again how delightfully Mr. Frank Churchill and Miss Woodhouse danced—for doing that in which she need not blush to compare herself with Jane Fairfax—and even for simple dancing itself, without any of the wicked aids of vanity—to assist him first in pacing out the room they were in to see what it could be made to hold—and then in taking the dimensions of the other parlour, in the hope of discovering, in spite of all that Mr. Weston…†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 1)
- "Well, Miss Woodhouse," he almost immediately began, "your inclination for dancing has not been quite frightened away, I hope, by the terrors of my father's little rooms.†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 1)
- — And I do not know whether Miss Bates is not as likely to understand the inclinations of the rest of the people as any body.†
Chpt 2.11-12 (definition 1)
- "I should not wonder," said Mrs. Weston, "if Miss Fairfax were to have been drawn on beyond her own inclination, by her aunt's eagerness in accepting Mrs. Elton's civilities for her.†
Chpt 2.15-16 (definition 1)
- And what inclines one less to bear, she has no fair pretence of family or blood.†
Chpt 2.17-18 (definition 1)
- The remaining five were left to their own powers, and Emma doubted their getting on very well; for Mr. Knightley seemed little disposed for conversation; Mrs. Elton was wanting notice, which nobody had inclination to pay, and she was herself in a worry of spirits which would have made her prefer being silent.†
Chpt 2.17-18 (definition 1)
- She had no doubt as to his being less in love—but neither his agitated spirits, nor his hurrying away, seemed like a perfect cure; and she was rather inclined to think it implied a dread of her returning power, and a discreet resolution of not trusting himself with her long.†
Chpt 3.1-2 (definition 1)
- But while so many were devoting him to Emma, and Emma herself making him over to Harriet, Mr. Knightley began to suspect him of some inclination to trifle with Jane Fairfax.†
Chpt 3.5-6 (definition 1)
- Frank Churchill's little inclination to exclude himself increased so much, that his last words to Emma were, "Well;—if you wish me to stay and join the party, I will."†
Chpt 3.5-6 (definition 1)
- His wife gave him a look which invited him in; and, while he was coming round, added, "Now, dearest Emma, let me intreat you to say and look every thing that may set his heart at ease, and incline him to be satisfied with the match.†
Chpt 3.9-10 (definition 1)
- …and began talking about farming:— The second, was his having sat talking with her nearly half an hour before Emma came back from her visit, the very last morning of his being at Hartfield—though, when he first came in, he had said that he could not stay five minutes—and his having told her, during their conversation, that though he must go to London, it was very much against his inclination that he left home at all, which was much more (as Emma felt) than he had acknowledged to her.†
Chpt 3.11-12 (definition 1)
- He had not left her long, by no means long enough for her to have the slightest inclination for thinking of any body else, when a letter was brought her from Randalls—a very thick letter;—she guessed what it must contain, and deprecated the necessity of reading it.†
Chpt 3.13-14 (definition 1)
- This, on his side, might merely proceed from her not being thought of; but Emma was rather inclined to attribute it to delicacy, and a suspicion, from some appearances, that their friendship were declining.†
Chpt 3.17-18 (definition 1)
- (inclining his head, and whispering seriously)
Chpt 3.17-18 (definition 2) *inclining = bending (or tilting)
- CHAPTER XIX If Emma had still, at intervals, an anxious feeling for Harriet, a momentary doubt of its being possible for her to be really cured of her attachment to Mr. Knightley, and really able to accept another man from unbiased inclination, it was not long that she had to suffer from the recurrence of any such uncertainty.†
Chpt 3.19 (definition 1)
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