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salutariness

salutariness noun: the state of being salutary.

Noun

salutariness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being salutary.
    • The security derived from the innate integrity of men is more pleasing than that which arises from their fears. The nation that boasts of the multiplicity and salutariness of its regulations conveys satire in self-applause; and, though the paradox is not in all cases just, we may venture to affirm...1771, James Macpherson, “Government of the Ancient British Nations”, in An Introduction to the History of Great Britain and Ireland, Dublin: James Williams, page 250
    • […] Mrs. Gascoigne was disposed to hope that trouble would have a salutary effect on her niece, without thinking it her duty to add any bitters by way of increasing the salutariness.1876, George Eliot, chapter 24, in Daniel Deronda

Origin of salutariness

From salutary + -ness.

Questions about salutariness

What does salutariness mean?
Salutariness means the state of being salutary.
What part of speech is salutariness?
Salutariness is a noun.

Words near salutariness in the dictionary

  1. saluretics
  2. salut des armes
  3. salutaridine
  4. salutaridinol
  5. salutarily
  6. salutariness
  7. salutary
  8. salutation
  9. salutational
  10. salutationless
  11. salutations

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