Both Uses
melancholy
in
Tuck Everlasting
(Edited)
- He was still asleep, and the melancholy creases that folded his daytime face were smoothed and slack.
p. 9.4melancholy = sad
- For Tuck's head tilted to one side, his eyes went soft, and the gentlest smile in the world displaced the melancholy creases of his cheeks.
p. 48.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)