All 6 Uses of
susceptible
in
The Mill on the Floss
- If Mr. Tulliver had been a susceptible man in his conjugal relation, he might have supposed that she drew out the key to aid her imagination in anticipating the moment when he would be in a state to justify the production of the best Holland sheets.†
Chpt 1.2
- Happily he was not so; he was only susceptible in respect of his right to water-power; moreover, he had the marital habit of not listening very closely, and since his mention of Mr. Riley, had been apparently occupied in a tactile examination of his woollen stockings.†
Chpt 1.2
- The tall girl snatched the bonnet and put it on her own head hind-foremost with a grin; but Maggie was determined not to show any weakness on this subject, as if she were susceptible about her bonnet.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- The very quietness with which Mr. Turnbull spoke had frightened her susceptible imagination.†
Chpt 3.1
- I don't want to explain that; I don't think any of the strongest effects our natures are susceptible of can ever be explained.†
Chpt 5.1
- It was impossible for him now to resist the conviction that there was some mutual consciousness between Stephen and Maggie; and for half the night his irritable, susceptible nerves were pressed upon almost to frenzy by that one wretched fact; he could attempt no explanation that would reconcile it with her words and actions.†
Chpt 6.13
Definition:
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(susceptible) easily influenced or harmed
or:
capable of being treated in a particular way