satisfactoriness

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But satisfactoriness is a subjective term, just as idea is; and truth is generally regarded as 'objective.'

From Meaning of Truth by James, William

The gambler was a man of so many and diverse peculiarities that it would be an impossibility to catalogue them with any degree of satisfactoriness.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell

He smacked his lips at the satisfactoriness thereof.

From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles

And there was the arrangement with Sally, which had a solid satisfactoriness about it.

From Space Platform by Leinster, Murray

It did not occur, accordingly, to non-technical readers to interpret the doctrine that the meaning and validity of thought are fixed by differences made in consequences and in satisfactoriness, to mean consequences in personal feelings.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.