unlover-like

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“For it was impossible to suppose⟳ that a woman of any spirit (and from some hints in the letter she seemed to have⟳ rather more than came to her share⟳) should not highly resent such an unlover-like epistle, written in so dictatorial a style.”

“They then talked on for a few minutes longer without her catching a syllable, when another lucky stop⟳ in Marianne’s performance brought her these words in the Colonel’s calm voice, “I am afraid it cannot take⟳ place⟳ very soon.” Astonished and shocked at so unlover-like a speech, she was almost ready to cry⟳ out, “Lord! what should hinder it?”—but checking her desire, confined herself to this silent ejaculation, “This is very strange!—sure he need⟳ not wait⟳ to be older.””

“It seems that, despite the strange, sometimes the unlover-like and fiercely selfish nature of these letters from Brandon, something of a genuine tone of passion,—perhaps their originality,—aided, no doubt⟳, by some uttered eloquence of the writer, and some treacherous inclination on the part of the mistress, ultimately conquered; and that an union, so little likely to receive⟳ the smile⟳ of a prosperous star, was at length concluded.”

“Maurice smiled, and with the same sense⟳ of serene benignity, wholly unlover-like, clasped her in his arms.”

“I pleaded the darkness of the night as an excuse⟳; was rebuked by Kitty for my unlover-like tardiness; and sat down.”

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