patness
Example Sentences
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But Mukherjee’s primary bulwark against patness is a piece of formal daring.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 14, 2016
Benjamin Black makes pointed asides about the dullness of Agatha Christie, and about the patness of mystery stories that resolve their loose ends too tidily.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2012
There was the patness — too obvious to be accidental — of their final exchange, when Will said, “No fuss, no muss,” and Alicia said, “That’s me.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2011
Democrats jumped up and down with Republicans, transported at the patness of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Things fall about with an odd patness, as you say.
From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch
