Well-meaningness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being well-meaning. uncountable

    "Some spirited brilliancy, some persistent generosity (other than the guzzle's flash of it), might soften him; something sweeter than the slow animal well-meaningness his placable brethren point his attention to."

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"Some spirited brilliancy, some persistent generosity (other than the guzzle's flash of it), might soften him; something sweeter than the slow animal well-meaningness his placable brethren point his attention to."

Etymology

From well-meaning + -ness.

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