All 3 Uses
impudent
in
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
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- Miss Eckhart had made an exception of Virgie Rainey; she had first respected Virgie Rainey, and now fell humble before her impudence.†
Story 3.27 *
- Mattie Will cried, but the impudence-which still seemed marvelous to her since she'd never laid eyes on him close or thought of opening her mouth to him-all the impudence was carried off on the batting spring wind.†
Story 3.28
- Mattie Will cried, but the impudence-which still seemed marvelous to her since she'd never laid eyes on him close or thought of opening her mouth to him-all the impudence was carried off on the batting spring wind.†
Story 3.28
Definitions:
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(1)
(impudent) improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)