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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,949 words match “QUALITY”

ALLUSIVENESS n.
The quality of being allusive.
ALTERABILITY n.
The quality of being alterable; alterableness.
ALTERABLENESS n.
The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
ALTERITY n.
The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. [R.] For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. Coleridge.
ALTERNATENESS n.
The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
ALTERNATIVENESS n.
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.
AMATEURSHIP n.
The quality or character of an amateur.
AMBIDEXTERITY n.
The quality of being ambidexas, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey.
AMBIDEXTROUSNESS n.
The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.
AMBIGUITY n.
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, w…
AMBITIOUSNESS n.
The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.
AMENABILITY n.
The quality of being amenable; amenableness. Coleridge.
AMENABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being amenable; liability to answer charges; answerableness.
AMENITY n.
The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, or disposition; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness. A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle. This climate has not seduced by its amenities. W. Howitt.
AMIABILITY n.
The quality of being amiable; amiableness; sweetness of disposition. Every excellency is a degree of amiability. Jer. Taylor.
AMIABLENESS n.
The quality of being amiable; amiability.
AMICABILITY n.
The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. Ash.
AMICABLENESS n.
The quality of being amicable; amicability.
AMISSIBILITY n.
The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. [R.] Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam.
AMOROSITY n.
The quality of being amorous; lovingness. [R.] Galt.
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