All 3 Uses of
grandeur
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- When she was younger they had been rather afraid of her; she was believed, as the phrase is, to be highly educated, and a person who lived in the intimacy of their Aunt Penniman had something of reflected grandeur.†
Chpt 3 *grandeur = impressive magnificence
- He asked to be introduced to me," said Mrs. Penniman, with a certain grandeur; "but you know how indistinctly Jefferson speaks."†
Chpt 4
- "You needn't have taken so compromising a step if you had had a little more confidence in me," Mrs. Penniman observed, with a good deal of grandeur.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
impressive magnificence -- usually on a grand (large) scale