serviceableness

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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

He finds now that the form itself—over and above the practical serviceableness of the bowl—gives him pleasure.

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

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

But the serviceableness of the stipulation is most vividly illustrated by referring to the actual examples in the pages of the Latin comic dramatists.

From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir

Each use of propositions has its own excellence and serviceableness, and each has its own imperfection.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry