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The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [Jocose] Hudibraus.

The quality of being governable; manageableness.

Quality of being gracious.

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. Buckle.

The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness. The gradualness of this movement. M. Arnold. The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. H. Drummond.

The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. Milton.

The state or quality of being grandiose,

The quality or state of being graphic.

The quality of being grave. His sables and his weeds, Importing health and graveness. Shak.

nd of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.

The quality of being gray.

The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.

The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire. Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. Shak.

land greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.

The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

The state or quality of being green; verdure. [R.] The greenth of summer. G. Eliot.

The quality of being gripple. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being grisly; horrid. Sir P. Sidney.