satisfyingness love

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  • noun The state or quality of being satisfying.

Etymologies

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From satisfying +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • The characteristics of a good playlet ending -- besides the completeness with which the problem has been "proved" and the satisfyingness with which it all rounds out -- are terseness, speed and "punch."

    Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page

  • To that, perhaps, a large part of its satisfyingness was due.

    Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story Herbert George 1909

  • To that, perhaps, a large part of its satisfyingness was due.

    Ann Veronica, a modern love story 1906

  • In its presence he either feels the spontaneous delight which comes of a general satisfyingness, or he feels the annoyance of a general unsatisfyingness, or he feels neither one nor the other.

    Platform Monologues 1902

  • They don’t have the complexity, texture, and satisfyingness of real sugar.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • They don’t have the complexity, texture, and satisfyingness of real sugar.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • 2. The voices also all really do sound pretty much the same; this wasn't a stumbling-block for me, for various reasons that have to do with Perlman's intelligence & unobtrusive prose style & the general satisfyingness of the book.

    I have strong opinions Jenny Davidson 2006

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