All 3 Uses of
irresolute
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The gendarme looked irresolutely at his companion, who returned for answer a sign that said, "I see no great harm in telling him now," and the gendarme replied,— "You are a native of Marseilles, and a sailor, and yet you do not know where you are going?"†
Chpt 7-8 *
- Fourteen years had changed the worthy merchant, who, in his thirty-sixth year at the opening of this history, was now in his fiftieth; his hair had turned white, time and sorrow had ploughed deep furrows on his brow, and his look, once so firm and penetrating, was now irresolute and wandering, as if he feared being forced to fix his attention on some particular thought or person.†
Chpt 29-30
- Well, in one of your late conversations with him, you said that I appeared to be forgetful and irresolute concerning this marriage, did you not?†
Chpt 77-78
Definition:
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(irresolute) uncertain how to act or proceed