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impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) — often with an unfortunate consequence
- "Leave me to myself, if you please," she said, with impetuous haughtiness, "and for the future avoid me."6.10 — Book 6 Chapter 10 — The Spell Seems Broken (66% in)
impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
- The Mill on the Floss George Eliot Chapter I Outside Dorlcote Mill A wide plain, where the broadening Floss hurries on between its green banks to the sea, and the loving tide, rushing to meet it, checks its passage with an impetuous embrace.1.1 — Book 1 Chapter 1 — Outside Dorlcote Mill (5% in)
- From what you know of her, you will not be surprised that she threw some exaggeration and wilfulness, some pride and impetuosity, even into her self-renunciation; her own life was still a drama for her, in which she demanded of herself that her part should be played with intensity.4.3 — Book 4 Chapter 3 — A Voice from the Past (85% in)
- "No more am I," said Philip, impetuously; "I am not happy."5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — In the Red Deeps (49% in)
- I know what you mean about music; I feel so," said Maggie, clasping her hands with her old impetuosity.5.1 — Book 5 Chapter 1 — In the Red Deeps (76% in)
- "Has it made you hate me, Maggie?" said Philip, impetuously.5.4 — Book 5 Chapter 4 — Another Love-Scene (50% in)
- "I deny that," interrupted Philip, impetuously.5.5 — Book 5 Chapter 5 — The Cloven Tree (66% in)
- He had naturally an active Hotspur temperament, which did not crave liquid fire to set it aglow; his impetuosity was usually equal to an exciting occasion without any such reinforcements; and his desire for the brandy-and-water implied that the too sudden joy had fallen with a dangerous shock on a frame depressed by four years of gloom and unaccustomed hard fare.5.7 — Book 5 Chapter 7 — A Day of Reckoning (2% in)
- The bitterness had taken on some impetuosity as Philip went on speaking; the words were evidently an outlet for some immediate feeling of his own, as well as an answer to Maggie.6.7 — Book 6 Chapter 7 — Philip Re-enters (31% in)
- "Yes, it is of use," said Stephen, impetuously.6.11 — Book 6 Chapter 11 — In the Lane (36% in)
- Then he burst out impetuously,— "It is unnatural, it is horrible.6.11 — Book 6 Chapter 11 — In the Lane (56% in)
- "The pledge can't be fulfilled," he said, with impetuous insistence.6.11 — Book 6 Chapter 11 — In the Lane (77% in)
- "We can't part, Maggie," said Stephen, more impetuously.6.14 — Book 6 Chapter 14 — Waking (43% in)
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