significancy
Example Sentences
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But I could discover no sign that they felt the real significancy of the words they had just heard.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken
But, indeed, neither is the language deficient in fanciful significancy, nor the measure in good old melody.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various
All this amorous and poetical caressing of the May discovers, in the twice resting the process of events in "The Knight's Tale" upon the observance of May-day, a significancy otherwise perhaps less evident.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
I feel sure," said Mr. Somers with exquisite significancy, "I feel sure that part of my audience were at no loss for the meaning of my words.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan
The devices of our early English printers are often void of significancy early, or else mere quibbles.