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beneˈficialness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. Beneficent character, beneficence. Obs.
1528Roy Sat. (Arb.) 35 They reputed vs for haulfe goddes and more, thorowe the masses beneficialnes. a1568Coverdale Spir. Perle xxiv. 240 If God of his naturall loue, beneficialnesse and free liberalitie geueth here..health, strength, richesse. 1691Norris Pract. Disc. 115 The goodness and beneficialness of the Divine Nature.
2. Beneficial quality, usefulness, profitableness.
1587Golding De Mornay xi. 157 Shouldest thou not rather commend the beneficialnesse thereof [the Sea]? 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 5 They do not commend their knowledge to us upon the account of their usefulness and beneficialness. 1739Burkitt On N.T. Matt. iv. 24 note, A life of universal serviceableness and beneficialness to Mankind. 1862Ruskin Unto this Last 46 The beneficialness of the inequality depends, first, on the methods by which it is accomplished. |