spruceness

Example Sentences

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The pleasure of his “Horseplay” comes principally from the spruceness of his rhythm and the way he makes each phrase feel brim full.

From New York Times • May 29, 2013

The word is also used to denote strength, spruceness, and size, as a spanking breeze, a spanking frigate, &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Unseeming spruceness th' old man discommends, And in old men, only to live, offends.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

In the meantime all that nastiness seems absolute spruceness, that stench a perfume, and that miserable slavery a kingdom, and such too as they would not change their tyranny for Phalaris' or Dionysius' empire.

From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John

The men's words, uttered on one side in irritated languor and on the other with empty spruceness, had suddenly lifted her to the threshold of life.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca