Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being substantial, in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being substantial.
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- noun The state or condition of being
substantial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being substantial or having substance
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Examples
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Though a degree of astringency can be desirable in a dish or drink—it contributes a feeling of substantialness—it often becomes tiresome.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Though a degree of astringency can be desirable in a dish or drink—it contributes a feeling of substantialness—it often becomes tiresome.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Victoria, William, and Macarthy, situated on separate hills commanding the town, add to the general appearance of permanent substantialness so different from the usual ramshackledom of West
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Even when you go ashore and have had time to recover your senses, scattered by the surf experience, you find this substantialness a true one, not a mere visual delusion produced by painted wood as the seeming substantialness of Sierra
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Victoria, William, and Macarthy, situated on separate hills commanding the town, add to the general appearance of permanent substantialness so different from the usual ramshackledom of West
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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Even when you go ashore and have had time to recover your senses, scattered by the surf experience, you find this substantialness a true one, not a mere visual delusion produced by painted wood as the seeming substantialness of Sierra Leone turns out to be when you get to close quarters with it.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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