definiteness
Example Sentences
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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
While cotton planters and governmental authorities debate the best way of exterminating the boll weevil, the returns from this year's admittedly "short" crop are beginning to assume definiteness.
From Time Magazine Archive
He makes in private talk an impression of decision and definiteness.
From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich
