patness
Example Sentences
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As written, the words appear noncommittal, yet the rhyme implies the patness of what these women have to say.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2018
But Mukherjee’s primary bulwark against patness is a piece of formal daring.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 14, 2016
There was the patness — too obvious to be accidental — of their final exchange, when Will said, “No fuss, no muss,” and Alicia said, “That’s me.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2011
The patness of Lost Horizons' plot is impaired by the complicated temporal sequence of its 20 scenes, the over-intricate arrangement of the characters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Often there seems to be intelligent association of certain acts or conditions with corresponding sentences, these sometimes occurring with singular patness.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple
