definiteness
Example Sentences
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That definiteness offers an appealing sense of certainty to the weary and existentially burned-out person living through this down period between the Trump era, COVID, and whatever’s next.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2021
The writer Nat Hentoff saw his playing as having “strength and definiteness of attack, vigorous pulsation and organic logic”.
From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2016
“The master key consists of 17 principles, the first of which is definiteness of purpose,” and so on.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2012
He liked exams�"the definiteness and excitement"�and got A's.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The language being no longer familiar in the same sense as formerly, greater definiteness of expression became necessary in the written style.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various