Both Uses
melancholy
in
Jasmine, by Bharati Mukherjee
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- My brothers were rowdy drunks, Prakash was melancholy.†
p. 82.1melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
- I heard melancholy snores.†
p. 85.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)