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Definition of Plaintiveness
1. Noun. Expressing sorrowfulness.
Definition of Plaintiveness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being plaintive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plaintiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaintiveness
Literary usage of Plaintiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and by Jonathan Barber (1830)
"Let them be sounded with a marked plaintiveness of character, at high pitch, at
a low one, ... This will show that the plaintiveness is inherent in the ..."
2. A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and by Jonathan Barber (1830)
"Let them be sounded with a marked plaintiveness of character, at high pitch, at
a low one, ... This will show that the plaintiveness is inherent in the ..."
3. A Drill Book for Practice of the Principles of Vocal Physiology, and by Allen Ayrault Griffith (1868)
"plaintiveness, AND DEEP PATHOS Are expressed with prevailing softness of voice,
by the semitone, Long Quantity, Slow Time, ..."
4. The Practical Elocutionist: Or the Principles of Elocution by Henry Bartlett Maglathlin (1850)
"Frequent practice of the pure tone and the orotund affords the best means of
rendering utterance clear, full, strong, and melodious. plaintiveness of Speech ..."
5. A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and by Jonathan Barber (1830)
"Let them be sounded with a marked plaintiveness of character, at high pitch, at
a low one, ... This will show that the plaintiveness is inherent in the ..."
6. A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and by Jonathan Barber (1830)
"Let them be sounded with a marked plaintiveness of character, at high pitch, at
a low one, ... This will show that the plaintiveness is inherent in the ..."
7. A Drill Book for Practice of the Principles of Vocal Physiology, and by Allen Ayrault Griffith (1868)
"plaintiveness, AND DEEP PATHOS Are expressed with prevailing softness of voice,
by the semitone, Long Quantity, Slow Time, ..."
8. The Practical Elocutionist: Or the Principles of Elocution by Henry Bartlett Maglathlin (1850)
"Frequent practice of the pure tone and the orotund affords the best means of
rendering utterance clear, full, strong, and melodious. plaintiveness of Speech ..."
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