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activeness|ˈæktɪvnɪs|
[f. active a. + -ness.]
The quality of being active; agility, nimbleness, energy, diligence; = activity 2.
1601R. Chester Love's Martyr lxvi. (1878) 96 Because in activenesse she much excelled. 1612Warner Albion's England i. iv. 12 Yea yet a Lad, for Actiuenes The world did lack his like. 1754Edwards Freed. Will. iv. §3, 203 Action, when set properly in Opposition to Passive or Passivenesse is..a meer Relation; 'tis the Activeness of something on another thing. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 307 Activeness in religious practices, and soundness in ethical teachings. |