Definition of Desirableness

1. Noun. The quality of being worthy of desiring.

Exact synonyms: Desirability
Generic synonyms: Good, Goodness
Derivative terms: Desirable, Desirable
Antonyms: Undesirability

2. Noun. Attractiveness to the opposite sex.
Exact synonyms: Desirability, Oomph, Sex Appeal
Generic synonyms: Attractiveness
Specialized synonyms: Sultriness
Derivative terms: Desirable, Desirable

Definition of Desirableness

1. n. The quality of being desirable.

Definition of Desirableness

1. Noun. The quality of being desirable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Desirableness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Desirableness

desinential inflection
desinential inflections
desines
desingularization
desingularizations
desinicization
desining
desipience
desipramine
desipramine hydrochloride
desipramines
desir'd
desirabilities
desirability
desirable
desirableness (current term)
desirablenesses
desirables
desirably
desire line
desire lines
desire path
desire paths
desire to know
desireableness
desired
desired future condition
desireful
desirefulness

Literary usage of Desirableness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1888)
"THE desirableness of reviving the common religious life amongst men, specially clergymen—that is my subject. I suppose I am not here to speak of the ..."

2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of Correction of the American by American Correctional Association (1871)
"ON THE desirableness OF AN INCREASED NUMBER OP JUVENILE REFORMATORIES, AND THE BEST METHOD OF CONDUCTING THEM, ILLUSTRATED BY THE STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT ..."

3. The Law of Railways: Embracing the Law of Corporations, Eminent Domain by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1888)
"Our own views in regard to the desirableness and efficiency of Railway Commissioners in this country are presented somewhat in detail in a report to the ..."

4. An Examination of the Nature of the State: A Study in Political Philosophy by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1896)
"... of obtaining certain results through governmental action, but as to the desirableness of such action, even when such results are practically obtainable. ..."

5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1879)
"ARTICLE V.—THE desirableness OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL RATHER THAN THE LAW IN TIMES OF THE FAILURE OF PUBLIC INTEGRITY. THERE is no error more subtle and ..."

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