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Webster 1913 Edition
Setness
Set′ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
“The starched setness of a sententious writer.” R. Masters.
Definition 2024
setness
setness
English
Noun
setness (countable and uncountable, plural setnesses)
- The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
- R. Masters
- the starched setness of a sententious writer
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses […] acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.
- R. Masters