intermediacy
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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 Arnold Bennett
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 Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
Seemingly, features of color mentioned above as diagnostic of the two subspecies are either present or absent and there is no tendency toward intermediacy in color in the population from 3 mi.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
Not only is it phrased in the most friendly terms, but it invites a submission of further evidence regarding the Lusitania's alleged guns and even the resumption of negotiations with Great Britain through American intermediacy.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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 Leo Tolstoy, Count
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