satisfactoriness
Example Sentences
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If the reality assumed were cancelled from the pragmatist's universe of discourse, he would straightway give the name of falsehoods to the beliefs remaining, in spite of all their satisfactoriness.
From Meaning of Truth by William James
But satisfactoriness is both a subjective quality, and a present one.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James
He divined the full satisfactoriness of the true answer, which he demonstrated to be true by a method as nearly mathematical as the case admits of.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
For compactness and simplicity and general satisfactoriness this phase of Home Rule diplomacy takes the cake.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
If these work out with moderate satisfactoriness, we are content to suppose that our assumptions have been confirmed.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey
