serviceableness

Example Sentences

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Wisdom is the theoretic knowledge of things as they are, irrespective of their serviceableness to our practical interests.

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt

As it streams out from her it is the creative, regenerating passion for humanity which transcended the reasoned good-will of the pagan philosophers and transcends the materialistic serviceableness of the modern humanitarians.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane

None of these heating attachments is sure to prove fully satisfactory, but any one of them is likely to add a great deal to the serviceableness of the bathroom.

From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)

So it is, but it is also a process by which individuals are fitted for serviceableness to the group life.

From The Family and it's Members by Spencer, Anna Garlin

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