All 8 Uses of
impulsive
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- She already regretted this impulsive trip ashore.
p. 7.1impulsive = made without thinking
- "Turn back, Captain," she ordered impulsively.
p. 8.3 *impulsively = without thinking
- Last night, for instance, she had reached impulsively for the volume he held, opened it at the marked page, and squinting curiously at the words in the wan light, had read aloud:
p. 24.2
- But Judith's eye had fallen on a light blue wool and she lifted it impulsively.
p. 41.6
- Kit dived impulsively into the trunk.
p. 42.5
- With a flash of pleasure she saw John Holbrook approaching, but her impulsive greeting froze as she saw that Reverend Bulkeley had the young man firmly by the elbow.
p. 55.9impulsive = made without thinking
- At the last moment Kit had turned back to Mercy and cried impulsively, "Oh, if only you could go, too, Mercy!"
p. 111.8impulsively = without thinking
- "I'm sorry," she said, impulsively laying a hand on his sleeve.
p. 137.7
Definition:
action without forethought; or such a tendency