nattiness

Example Sentences

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They shared a general disregard for nattiness, an informal mode of speech, an obsession with detail, an irrepressible absent-mindedness.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2011

Of the two men, Andre De Shields is a cat of cool gray nattiness and Ken Page is a slithery streetwise shark with a mi metic gift for Waller's gravelly mocking asides.

From Time Magazine Archive

The inspiration could in part be a White House incumbent, whose folksy nattiness is a considerable part of his charm, but men's clothing is a thriving business.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is the same capacity, the same nattiness, the same humanness.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by Newton, W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas)

These earthly objects have a comeliness, a simple dignity, and nattiness which are beyond the reach of art.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon