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valuableness|ˈvæljuːəb(ə)lnɪs|
[f. prec.]
The character or condition of being valuable.
1683P. Lorrain tr. Muret's Rites Fun. To Rdr. 4 Which having said with regard to the valuableness of the Subject, I shall only add [etc.]. 1721T. Thomas Pref. Urry's Chaucer p. l, The valuableness of it will appear by the use which has been made of it in the Glossary. 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. I. ii. xxiv. 134 There lies a nearer way for good qualities to arrive at their valuableness. 1865J. Grote Moral Ideals vi. (1876) 71 And then it may be that the valuableness of actions varies as their usefulness. |