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Definition of Beneficialness
1. n. The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
Definition of Beneficialness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being beneficial. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beneficialness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beneficialness
Literary usage of Beneficialness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chinese Classics: With a Translation, Critical and Exegetical Notes by James Legge, Confucius, Mencius (1872)
"Beneficialness to things is sufficient to effect a harmony of all righteousness.
... Having brought harm to myself by my doings, beneficialness cannot be ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"... would have been to produce other consequences, the beneficialness of which
would have out-weighed the mischievous- ness of the others, it may have VIII. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (ser'-vis-a-bl-nes) n. f* Officiousness ; activity ; usefulness ; beneficialness.
SERVIENT, ser'-ve-ent) a. Subordinate. SERVILELY, (ser'-vi.l-le) ad. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1835)
"... that the influence of the electoral body on the legislature nib y be at the
highest point of beneficialness, two qualifications ought to ..."
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