substantialnessn.
/səbˈstanʃlnəs/, /səbˈstɑːnʃlnəs/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈstæn(t)ʃəlnəs/ The condition or quality of being substantial; solidity, firmness, soundness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun]
fastness?a1200
spissitudec1440
solidiousness1495
grossness1527
massiveness1530
substantialness1530
substantiality1535
crassness1545
massiness1559
stiffness1577
spissness1598
solidness1600
density1603
solidity1603
crassitude1604
condensity1611
thightness1615
compactedness1644
compactness1646
body1647
crassities1659
denseness1669
tightnessa1728
corporeity1750
substantiability1816
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] > firm loyalty or constancy
constance1340
firmitya1450
fastnessc1485
substantialness1530
constancy1548
firmnessa1627
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun]
earnestOE
sadnessc1350
serious1440
seriouste1440
demurity1483
seriosity?a1505
gravity1509
demureness?1518
seriousness1530
solemness1530
sobriety1548
staidness1561
graveness1577
gravidad1641
earnestness1670
substantialness1683
solemnity1712
smilelessness1844
unsmilingness1873
humourlessness1890
straightfacedness1982
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 278/1 Substancialnesse of any thyng, solidité.
1555 J. Harpsfield in E. Bonner Homilies 47 Peter, for the soundnes or substancialnes of hys deuotion, is called the rocke of the churches.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 160 The substantialnesse of bones.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 36 In degree as in substantialnesse [the Ionic is] next aboue the Dorique.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 335 The smartness of his Wit, the gravity and substantialness of his Sence.
1757 C. Powys Passages from Diaries Mrs. Powys (1899) 26 Our ancestors' taste for substantialness in every piece [of furniture] makes us now smile.
1793 W. Godwin Enq. Polit. Justice II. vii. ii. 700 Nothing can aid this perception,..that does not afford new evidence of the substantialness or unsubstantialness of the proposition.
1871 Athenæum 25 Nov. 685 Converts what is little more than nothing into something which has the semblance of rich, creamy substantialness.
1891 J. Winsor Columbus 520 The substantialness of its structure gave rise to rumors that he was preparing a fortress for ulterior aims.
1941 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 6 Nov. in War within & Without (1980) 236 The whole house reminds me of the old house in Englewood—its comfort, workability, and homely Victorian substantialness.
2011 B. Highmore Ordinary Lives iii. 82 The ludicrous substantialness of a thing that resides so effortlessly in eternity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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