All 3 Uses of
bovine
in
Adam Bede
- Now and then there was a new arrival; perhaps a slouching labourer, who, having eaten his supper, came out to look at the unusual scene with a slow bovine gaze, willing to hear what any one had to say in explanation of it, but by no means excited enough to ask a question.†
Chpt 2 *
- The man looked at her with a slow bovine gaze, without giving her any answer, for some seconds.†
Chpt 37
- The mild radiance of a smile was a rare sight on a field-labourer's face, and there was seldom any gradation between bovine gravity and a laugh.†
Chpt 53
Definition:
belonging or related to the genus Bos (cattle, oxen, buffalo, etc.); or stupid and slow-moving like an ox