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

The charm of a landscape is entireness, unity; it strikes the eye at once and as a whole.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various

I am to add, that she gave herself to her friendships with an entireness not possible to any but a woman, with a depth possible to few women.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret

Integrity, in-teg′ri-ti, n. entireness, wholeness: the unimpaired state of anything: uprightness: honesty: purity.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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)