intermediacy

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As the number of duplicate determiners increases it can be readily seen that the number of apparent blends of different degrees of intermediacy between the two extremes would rapidly increase.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.

Edwin was often astonished at the increasing resemblance of Clara to her aunt, with whom, thanks to the unconscious intermediacy of babies, she was even indeed quite intimate.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

Her looks asked him to forgive her for having dared, by Natasha's intermediacy, to remind him of his promise, and then thanked him for his love.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

This intermediacy has doubtful significance, because fin-size in Rhinichthys varies greatly with body-size, sex, and probably with the state of sexual development.

From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Cross, Frank B.

Several of the aspirants to Ice-Heart's hand had been chosen by them and conveyed to the neighborhood of the palace by their intermediacy from remote lands.

From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Schayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch