Both Uses of
melancholy
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- It isn't a really truly religious piece of poetry, but it's so sad and melancholy that it might as well be.†
p. 79.4 *melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
- I always thought it was kind of melancholy, but Mrs. Allan's isn't, and I'd like to be a Christian if I could be one like her.†
p. 167.1
Definition:
a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad