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substantialness|səbˈstænʃəlnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The condition or quality of being substantial; solidity, firmness, soundness.
1530Palsgr. 278/1 Substancialnesse of any thyng, solidité. 1548W. Thomas Ital. Gram., Dict., Efficacia, substancialnesse, habilitie, or power. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Peter 8 Yt excellent good womans maners & manly substauntialnes of mynde. 1555Harpsfield in Bonner's Homilies 47 Peter, for the soundnes or substancialnes of hys deuotion, is called the rocke of the churches. 1587Golding De Mornay x. (1617) 147 The substancialnesse of bones. 1624Wotton Archit. 36 In degree as in substantialnesse [the Ionic is] next aboue the Dorique. 1683Cave Ecclesiastici 335 The smartness of his Wit, the gravity and substantialness of his Sence. 1871Athenæum 25 Nov. 685 Converts what is little more than nothing into something which has the semblance of rich, creamy substantialness. 1891J. Winsor Columbus 520 The substantialness of its structure gave rise to rumors that he was preparing a fortress for ulterior aims. |