Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being welcome; agreeableness: kind reception.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being welcome; gratefulness; agreeableness; kind reception.

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  • noun The condition of being welcome

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Examples

  • "When somebody is flirtatious, it indicates a welcomeness back."

    Flirting Your Way To The Corner Office 2010

  • A consent standard, she observes, incorporates gender hierarchy by assuming that men initiate sexual contact which women then either accept or refuse, whereas a welcomeness standard suggests the centrality of “choice, mutuality, and desire” (2005, 243).

    Feminist Perspectives on Rape Whisnant, Rebecca 2009

  • This site has a sense of humor and, for lack of a better(or real) word, welcomeness I rarely find in Christian-oriented sites, and a breath of fresh air for those of us of other orientations (an athiest myself).

    Christmas Cthulhu Mirtika 2006

  • And good point about the welcomeness of being objectified as a man, I have similar thoughts about the issue.

    Yes some guys are assholes, but it’s still your fault if you get raped 2005

  • The room had no more period than a girl's sentence, but there was a bright air of welcomeness and informality that was winning.

    The Rose-Garden Husband Margaret Widdemer 1931

  • —The poor little fellow press’d it upon them with a nod of welcomeness.

    24. Montriul 1917

  • The poor little fellow pressed it upon them with a nod of welcomeness. —

    A sentimental journey through France and Italy 1892

  • - The poor little fellow pressed it upon them with a nod of welcomeness.

    A Sentimental Journey 1766

  • -- The poor little fellow pressed it upon them with a nod of welcomeness.

    A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne 1740

  • He must write a description of the fright and consternation which the people were now in, and were likely to be still in upon every attack that the Chaldeans made upon them, which will much magnify both the wonder and the welcomeness of their deliverance (v. 5): We have heard a voice of trembling -- the shrieks of terror echoing to the alarms of danger.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

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