Motiveness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ability to move; mobility. archaic, uncountable

    "The lower animals can obviously associate with great readiness: and as to motiveness, they frequently discover a degree of agility to which man can make no pretensions."

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"The lower animals can obviously associate with great readiness: and as to motiveness, they frequently discover a degree of agility to which man can make no pretensions."

Etymology

From motive + -ness.

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