serviceableness

Example Sentences

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As a writer he is chiefly noted for the even dignity and general serviceableness of his style.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley

That the useful is not always perceived as beautiful is due to the fact that the design which has shaped the work must be regarded apart from the material serviceableness of the object itself.

From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge

They have no connection with life, either by penetrating, by serviceableness, deep into that of the individual; or by spreading, by cheapness, over a wide surface of the life of the nations.

From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon

The hat should be plain, the hair compactly done, and the whole effect of the costume trim serviceableness and grace, rather than prettiness.

From The Etiquette of To-day by Ordway, Edith B.

To him more than to any other man it owes its organized life and its missionary serviceableness.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis