All 6 Uses
impetuous
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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- "Get up his strength!" said Tess impetuously, the tears welling to her eyes.†
Chpt 1 *impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)
- "How can you dare to use such words!" she cried, turning impetuously upon him, her eyes flashing as the latent spirit (of which he was to see more some day) awoke in her.†
Chpt 2
- O, why didn't you, why didn't you!" she said, impetuously clasping her hands.†
Chpt 4
- "You are!" she contradicted impetuously.†
Chpt 4
- When Tess had reached home that evening, and had entered into the privacy of her little white-washed chamber, she began impetuously writing a letter to Clare.†
Chpt 5
- "Surely," he began again, in more impetuous tones, and then looked round at the labourer who turned the slicer.†
Chpt 6impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
Definitions:
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(1)
(impetuous as in: an impetuous decision) impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In historic literature, impetuous often refers to any rapid, forceful, and/or violent movement.