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Definition of Patness

1. Noun. Timely convenience.

Definition of Patness

1. n. Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience.

Definition of Patness

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

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Definition of Patness

1. suitability [n -ES] - See also: suitability

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patness

Literary usage of Patness

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

1. The Historical Magazine (1869)
"made of it the most ridiculous Travesty in the ' world, with such a patness and excess of fan- ' cy, to supply the sense that she put upon it, ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"His ITS have a peculiar value, in their freshness and ' patness ' to the thoughts of our day and feration, and in the range of their discussions. ..."

3. The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 by Guizot (François), Witt (Henriette Elizabeth) (1885)
"... in which he could not bear to lose; often ferocious, naturally inclined to cruelty, savage in raillery, taking off absurdities with a patness which was ..."

4. The Bookman (1910)
"In view of the extreme patness and picturesqueness of many of the dialogues and scenes set down, it is a bit difficult to believe, in spite of the author's ..."

5. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"This he wished in an age so resembling ours, that I fear the description with equal patness may suit both: " Take ye heed " (said he then, and may we not ..."

6. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"... follows the beacon-fires, the astonishing patness of the turning up of the Corinthian in the ..."

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