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Definition of Continuousness

1. Noun. The quality of something that continues without end or interruption.

Definition of Continuousness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being continuous. ¹

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Definition of Continuousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Continuousness

Literary usage of Continuousness

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

1. The Art of Discourse: A System of Rhetoric, Adapted for Use in Colleges and by Henry Noble Day (1872)
"Continuousness is that property of style which represents the thought as connected and flowing- All thought in a cultivated and disciplined mind is ..."

2. Outlines of the History of the English Language by Thomas Northcote Toller (1900)
"... strong declensions — early loss and confusion of grammatical forms—continuousness of change — later history of change — different conditions of Northern ..."

3. Rhetorical Praxis: The Principles of Rhetoric, Exemplified and Applied in by Henry Noble Day (1861)
"Continuousness represents the thought as connected and flowing; and is opposed to a broken, leaping style, or to short, abrupt sentences. ..."

4. "These Sayings of Mine:": Pulpit Notes on Seven Chapters of the First Gospel by Joseph Parker (1881)
"THE Continuousness OF HISTORY—REPENTANCE A COMMON TERM TEACHING POSITIVE AS WELL AS NEGATIVE—THE TRUE BAPTISM. PRAYER. ALMIGHTY GOD, our voice is lifted up ..."

5. Reports of One Hundred & Ninety Cases in the Irish Land Courts: With by Robert Donnell (1876)
"... tenant-right than a letting at a fair rent—there must be an expectation derived from general practice or custom, of the continuousness of the interest. ..."

6. Man's Unconscious Spirit: The Psychoanalysis of Spiritism by Wilfrid Lay (1921)
"... of the equinoxes and becoming a bit excited about the unwillingness of astronomers to accept his reconstruction. § 3. Continuousness of Urge From the ..."

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