serviceableness

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During the war his inferior courage, it may be assumed, inured to his superior serviceableness, his fears giving counsel to his courtesy and care.

From Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South by Fortune, Timothy Thomas

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

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

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

It is shabby to offer Him the mere hull of the boat when the storms of passion have carried its serviceableness away.

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry