All 9 Uses
resignation
in
Anne Of Green Gables
(Edited)
- "Yes, it's red," she said resignedly.
p. 16.4resignedly = with acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
- I am resigned to my fate now,
p. 33.7 *resigned = having accepted something undesired as unavoidable
- I am resigned to my fate now, so I don't think I'll go out for fear I'll get unresigned again.
p. 33.8unresigned = having accepted something undesired as unavoidablestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unresigned means not and reverses the meaning of resigned. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- "I was eleven last March," said Anne, resigning herself to bald facts with a little sigh.
p. 37.6resigning = accepting something undesired as unavoidable
- "It was our own fault," said Marilla resignedly.
p. 43.1resignedly = with acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable
- "Very well," said Anne resignedly.
p. 69.5
- In the preceding February he had resigned his charge and departed amid the regrets of his people,
p. 165.3 *resigned = quit (from a job or position)
- Changes had crept in, Marilla conniving at them resignedly, until it was as sweet and dainty a nest as a young girl could desire.
p. 258.6resignedly = with acceptance of something originally undesired
- I suppose I shall just have to resign myself to it.
p. 260.8resign = accept something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
Definitions:
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(1)
(resignation as in: submitted her resignation) to quit -- especially a job or position; or a document expressing such an act
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(2)
(resignation as in: accepted it with resignation) acceptance of something undesired as unavoidable or the lesser of evils
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) To resign can also more specifically mean to surrender or give up as in "I was clearly going to lose the chess game, so I resigned;" or "She resigned all pretense."