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sightliness

sightliness noun: the state or condition of being sightly; attractiveness, beauty.

Noun

sightliness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being sightly; attractiveness, beauty.
    • Your ſightlineſs of perſon, may perhaps make ſome think this alliance diſparaging.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, pages 280–281

Origin of sightliness

From sightly + -ness.

Questions about sightliness

What does sightliness mean?
Sightliness means the state or condition of being sightly; attractiveness, beauty.
What part of speech is sightliness?
Sightliness is a noun.

Words near sightliness in the dictionary

  1. sightlessness
  2. sightlier
  3. sightliest
  4. sightline
  5. sightlines
  6. sightliness
  7. sightloss
  8. sightly
  9. sightproof
  10. sightread
  11. sightreadable

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