entireness

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It was in these terms that Bonheur described herself in the interview: “Art is an absorbent — a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body, the entireness of his votary,” she said.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

But though they cannot preserve its entireness, the manner in which it shall yield to modification is in a great measure at their command.

From An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance by Foster, John

The souls and experiences of William and Dorothy Wordsworth were overwrought with singular felicity and entireness.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

It is finely placed, and all the parts are admirable: but I think it wants completeness and entireness of effect, and does not tell its story well.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

No dressmaker had ever played fantastic tricks with it: it was pure and simple in its entireness as it came from the loom.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various