consecutiveness
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He flung out his conclusion with just his mother's leaping consecutiveness.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He passed to the mysterious consecutiveness of scientific research, the sudden determination of the European race mind to know more than chance thoughts could tell it….
From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
"I wonder whether he believes anything at all!" said Sally, assuming the consecutiveness of her remark.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
This lack of consecutiveness in criticism is probably partially accountable for the slowness with which translators attained the power to put into words, clearly and unmistakably, their aims and methods.
From Early Theories of Translation by Flora Ross Amos
Yet there is beauty in his designs for the "Ancient Mariner," unreal as they are, and a consecutiveness rare in a series by Doré.
From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
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