choiceness
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Beddoes' genius was essentially lyrical: he had imagination, the gift of style, the mastery of rhythm, a strange choiceness and curiosity of phrase.
From Figures of Several Centuries by Symons, Arthur
The sand, or hard shell, or as they are sometimes called little necks, are next in choiceness, and then come the Pismo beach clams, noted for their flavor and enormous size.
From Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. by Edwords, Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar)
Photography is indiscriminate; human art is selective, and is precious as it evinces and secures a choiceness in selection.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell
She had an instinct for choiceness like a hummingbird, darting here and there for sweetness.
From The Lovely Lady by Grant, Gordon
To some extent the success of a garden depends upon favourable conditions of sun, soil, and water, but more upon the choiceness of its contents, the skill of its planting, the lovingness of its tendence.
From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.