All 3 Uses of
nocturnal
in
The Age of Innocence
- Winsett did not invite people to his house; but he had once pointed it out to Archer in the course of a nocturnal stroll, and the latter had asked himself, with a little shiver, if the humanities were so meanly housed in other capitals.†
Chpt 9 *
- As it was—and especially after the object of her nocturnal visit to Mrs. Manson Mingott had become known—her cynicism was held to exceed his; and she had not the excuse—nor her detractors the satisfaction—of pleading that she was "a foreigner."†
Chpt 28
- Archer had the nocturnal perspective of Fifth Avenue almost to himself.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
active during the night; or relating to night