appreciativeness

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His appreciativeness was capable of exercising itself only on utilitarian matters, and recollection of Avice's good qualities alone had any effect on his mind; of her appearance none at all.

From The Well-Beloved by Hardy, Thomas

He had suffered from the modern malady of unlimited appreciativeness as much as any living man of his own age.

From A Laodicean : a Story of To-day by Hardy, Thomas

How many ingenuous boys, lads in the very flush and hey-day of appreciativeness of the epic virtues, have been parsed, declined, and conjugated into an utter detestation of the melodious names of Homer and Virgil!

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles

This fills all his higher work with a generous appreciativeness, a justness of judgment, a tenderness of feeling, which elevate as well as charm the reader.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

A Clinical Work Consultation Experience In this work consultation experience my feelings were openness, reflectiveness, pain, helpfulness, alertness, searchfulness, appreciativeness, receptiveness, responsiveness, wantedness, competence, joy, and importance.

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.