Wednesday
['wenzdeɪ;-dɪ] or ['wɛnzde]
Definition
(a.) The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.
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Definition
n. fourth day of the week.
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Examples
- I will answer for it that we shall find no inconvenience from narrow roads on Wednesday. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mauretania: Yes, next Wednesday as ever is. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It had begun on Monday, and here was Wednesday come. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I was beginning to remind her that to-day was Wednesday, when she checked me with her former impatient movement of the fingers of her right hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Now, father, you did praise him last Wednesday. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The DUSTPAN SOCIETY will meet on Wednesday next, and parade in the upper story of the Club House. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- SEVENTH NARRATIVE In a Letter from Mr. CANDY Frizinghall, Wednesday, September 26th, 1849. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Given out Wednesday night, eight o'clock; brought in Thursday morning, half after nine. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why, it was on Wednesday I took a glass with him, interposed Bambridge. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He wrote me a few lines on Wednesday to say that he had arrived in safety, and to give me his directions, which I particularly begged him to do. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Wednesday morning was dawning when I looked out of window. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- On the Wednesday morning, when he reached his office, Mr. Letterblair met him with a troubled face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Wednesday--Weather still very savage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Having finished her pies, she moved towards the clothes-horse, and said, Come here and tell me the story I told you on Wednesday, about Cincinnatus. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Wednesday's post brought with it an event--the reply from Mrs. Catherick. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Likewise, for Mrs Tapkins at Home, Wednesdays, Music, Portland Place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At Gresham College by 1658 it was the custom to remain for discussion Wednesdays and Thursdays after Mr. Wrens l ecture and Mr. Rook's. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These Wednesdays were the happiest days of Mr. Dick's life; they were far from being the least happy of mine. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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