6 words to know before reading Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway

solemn used 9 times

1. Serious and dignified in manner or behavior.
2. Deeply sincere or earnest.

three months ago. She had heard the Rev. Edward Whittaker preach; the boys sing; had seen the solemn lights descend, and whether it was the music, or the voices (she herself when alone in the

awfully used 9 times

1. Very; extremely (e.g., "awfully nice").
2. In a terrible or dreadful manner (e.g., "behaved awfully").

she had asked the way of, and the girl started and jerked her hand, and the man—he seemed awfully odd; quarrelling, perhaps; parting forever, perhaps; something was up, she knew; and now all

uproar used 6 times

1. A loud and noisy disturbance or commotion.
2. A state of public excitement, anger, or protest.

direction of St. Paul’s. She liked the geniality, sisterhood, motherhood, brotherhood of this uproar. It seemed to her good. The noise was tremendous; and suddenly there were trumpets (the

omnibuses used 6 times

1. Large vehicles for public transport, carrying many passengers (buses).
2. Collections of works (e.g., books, articles) in a single volume.

for the street was blocked. The British middle classes sitting sideways on the tops of omnibuses with parcels and umbrellas, yes, even furs on a day like this, were, she thought, more

aeroplane used 11 times

1. A powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than air.
2. Commonly known as an airplane, used for transporting passengers or goods.

did they lie still; then they moved and melted and were rubbed out up in the sky, and the aeroplane shot further away and again, in a fresh space of sky, began writing a K, an E, a Y perhaps?

mist used 5 times

1. A fine spray or light fog in the air.
2. A thin layer of liquid on a surface.

and illuminate; to give her party. But how strange, on entering the Park, the silence; the mist; the hum; the slow-swimming happy ducks; the pouched birds waddling; and who should be coming