interestedness
Example Sentences
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I might give them what degree of credit I pleased; and take them with abatement for Mr. Solmes's interestedness, if I thought fit.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel
However, through all the rigid discipline the little girl retained her natural buoyancy of childhood, the spontaneous interestedness, the cheerfulness and animation, which were a part of her goodly heritage.
From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Groce, Helen Mason
One of the best ways to insure the attainment of a higher plane of mental efficiency is to assume an attitude of interestedness.
From How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study by Kitson, Harry D.
We are told that Matthew Arnold combined all the characteristics of good conversation—politeness, vivacity, sympathy, interestedness, geniality, a happy choice of words, and a never-failing humor.
From Talks on Talking by Kleiser, Grenville
These are attachments that depend on sentiment rather than on interest, and which are as much purer and holier, as virtuous sentiment is purer and holier than worldly interestedness.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
