All 4 Uses of
grandeur
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- True, the knife would not cut anything, but it was a "sure-enough" Barlow, and there was inconceivable grandeur in that—though where the Western boys ever got the idea that such a weapon could possibly be counterfeited to its injury is an imposing mystery and will always remain so, perhaps.†
Chpt 4grandeur = impressive magnificence
- And above it all the great man sat and beamed a majestic judicial smile upon all the house, and warmed himself in the sun of his own grandeur—for he was "showing off," too.†
Chpt 4 *
- They were jubilant with vanity over their new grandeur and the illustrious trouble they were making.†
Chpt 14
- One poor chap, who had no other grandeur to offer, said with tolerably manifest pride in the remembrance: "Well, Tom Sawyer he licked me once."†
Chpt 17
Definition:
impressive magnificence -- usually on a grand (large) scale