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Definition of Flawlessness
1. Noun. The state of being without a flaw or defect.
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Dream, Cultivation, Culture, Finish, Polish, Refinement, Fare-thee-well, Intactness
Attributes: Perfect, Imperfect
Derivative terms: Flawless, Perfectionist
Antonyms: Imperfection
Definition of Flawlessness
1. Noun. The quality of being flawless ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flawlessness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flawlessness
Literary usage of Flawlessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1883)
"They were cast-iron slabs about two inches thick, apparently of good workmanship
as regards evenness of surface and flawlessness of the inscriptions, ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"... the one perfect pearl is admired among the thousands of its compeers by those
who have knowledge and experience enough to appreciate its flawlessness. ..."
3. A History of English Literature by William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett (1918)
"Everywhere his style is one of exquisite finish, with a flawlessness of technic
which it seems that no labor could improve. He did with style everything ..."
4. The Bookman (1897)
"In view of this fact, and of the consideration that no human work can expect to
achieve absolute flawlessness, it will perhaps not seem like hypercriticism ..."
5. Longinus On the Sublime: The Greek Text Edited After the Paris Manuscript by Longinus, William Rhys Roberts (1899)
"For my part, I am well aware that lofty \ genius is far removed from flawlessness ;
for invariable accuracy incurs the risk of pettiness, and in the sublime ..."
6. Victorian Prose Masters: Thackeray--Carlyle--George Eliot--Matthew Arnold by William Crary Brownell (1901)
"... and as an artist his aim is to please and his effort is for flawlessness.
Both in conception and in workmanship, " Esmond " is well-nigh - flawless. ..."
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