interestedness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

However, through all the rigid discipline the little girl retained her natural buoyancy of childhood, the spontaneous interestedness, the cheerfulness and animation, which were a part of her goodly heritage.

From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Groce, Helen Mason

I thank you my dear Aunt for your kind Epistles of April 9th & Nov'r 10th, the kind interestedness you yet continue to take in my concerns merits the warmest returns of Gratitude.

From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Winslow, Anna Green

I might give them what degree of credit I pleased; and take them with abatement for Mr. Solmes's interestedness, if I thought fit.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel

The especial point of excellence which characterizes the work of the Negro teacher is its interestedness.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

One of the best ways to insure the attainment of a higher plane of mental efficiency is to assume an attitude of interestedness.

From How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study by Kitson, Harry D.