serviceableness
Example Sentences
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During the war his inferior courage, it may be assumed, inured to his superior serviceableness, his fears giving counsel to his courtesy and care.
From Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South by Timothy Thomas Fortune
The work that is ready to her hand, the ordinary round of family tasks and serviceableness, repels her.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 by Various
Nor was there any doubt that the work which the youth found interesting and attractive at the time was the work in which he might find a maximum of ultimate success, satisfaction, and serviceableness.
From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Harry L. Hollingworth
There are many tendencies toward extreme individualism which need balancing by clearer ideals of social serviceableness.
From The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer
His serviceableness to his friends was unwearied, and his generous liberality toward all whom he could help either with his interest, his trouble, or his purse was unfailing.
From Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble
