All 6 Uses of
impulsive
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Marguerite, impulsive, thoughtless, not calculating the purport of her words, still smarting under the terrible insult her brother had suffered at the Marquis' hands, happened to hear—amongst her own coterie—that the St. Cyrs were in treasonable correspondence with Austria, hoping to obtain the Emperor's support to quell the growing revolution in their own country.†
Chpt 8
- "Sir Percy," she said impulsively, "Heaven knows you have been at pains to make the task, which I had set to myself, difficult to accomplish.†
Chpt 16impulsively = without forethought
- "And mine will be at yours, Sir Percy, if you will but accept it, in exchange for what you do for Armand," she said, as, impulsively, she stretched out both her hands to him.†
Chpt 17
- Marguerite, who had hastily concealed the ring in the folds of her kerchief, tried to respond gaily and unconcernedly to the young girl's impulsiveness.†
Chpt 19 *
- She threw her arms impulsively round Marguerite.†
Chpt 19impulsively = without forethought
- She had made a solemn promise to Sir Andrew not to speak to her husband before strangers, and she had sufficient self-control not to throw herself unreasoningly and impulsively across his plans.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
action without forethought; or such a tendency