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velleity
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

With a scalpel Eliot dissects degrees of human velleity

I thought it had something to do with being veiled lol

—p.33 Middlemarch and Everybody (29) by Zadie Smith
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parochial

Suburban and parochial, his vistas stretched far into the East

about E. M. Forster

—p.15 E. M. Forster, Middle Manager (14) by Zadie Smith
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unlettered

In 1937, black readers were embarrassed by the unlettered nature of the dialogue

—p.10 Their Eyes Were Watching God: What Does Soulful Mean? (3) by Zadie Smith
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realpolitik

she rejects the realpolitik of her grandmother

thought it had Soviet connotations for some reason

—p.6 Their Eyes Were Watching God: What Does Soulful Mean? (3) by Zadie Smith
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unlettered

In the mouths of unlettered people she finds the bliss of quotidian metaphor:

I don't think I've seen this word used before but the meaning is pretty clear

—p.5 Their Eyes Were Watching God: What Does Soulful Mean? (3) by Zadie Smith
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