All 6 Uses of
notorious
in
Alias Grace
- In addition, I cannot believe a private Asylum could possibly be made to pay, as the relatives of Lunatics are notoriously neglectful once the afflicted person has been put away, and wish to hear or see nothing more of them; and this neglect extends to the settlement of their bills; and then there is the cost of food and fuel, and of the persons who must be put in charge of them.†
Chpt 4
- However, it is to him — and to the good Dr. Binswanger, who proposed me to him as the best man for the purpose on the western side of the Atlantic — for the price, which is not high, the Methodists being notoriously frugal — that I owe this splendid opportunity; an opportunity which I hope to be able to exploit in the interests of the advancement of knowledge, the mind and its workings being still, despite considerable progress, a terra incognita.†
Chpt 4
- His father was self-made, but his mother was constructed by others, and such edifices are notoriously fragile.†
Chpt 4
- The man was notoriously corrupt, and most unfit for his position.†
Chpt 4 *
- I must give my stony heart into the keeping of some kindly damsel who will not mind too much that it is not a real heart of flesh, and who will also have the material means necessary to care for it; for hearts of stone are notoriously more demanding of their comforts than the other kind.†
Chpt 5
- The man had already told several different stories, and was a notorious liar into the bargain.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
well known for something bad