substantiality

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North Wales Police said the inquiry took five years and the scam was largest fraud ever to be investigated by the police force by a considerable margin in terms of value, complexity and substantiality.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2013

Whether or not use is fair depends on “the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.”

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2012

But while the intensity of her passion in the moment is without question, its substantiality is possibly a different matter.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2011

We know that within, throughout, the solid substantiality of our experience, indeterminacy reigns.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

The gift had substantiality and an indefinable quality of endurance.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy