definiteness

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That definiteness offers an appealing sense of certainty to the weary and existentially burned-out person living through this down period between the Trump era, COVID, and whatever’s next.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2021

The writer Nat Hentoff saw his playing as having “strength and definiteness of attack, vigorous pulsation and organic logic”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2016

“The master key consists of 17 principles, the first of which is definiteness of purpose,” and so on.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2012

Miss Ruutz-Rees is famed for the definiteness of her notions.

From Time Magazine Archive

However, until analysis can dissect out with greater definiteness the genuine elements of the Pastoral Epistles, they cannot be used to throw light upon the later period of Paul's career.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner