approbativeness
- a word derived from approbative.
Example Sentences
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There is a magnificent moral influence shown in the development of conscientiousness, approbativeness and caution.
From How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by Windsor, William
To pose a worthy senator as Saint Paul, and a dashing lady of the Court as the Holy Virgin, was most gratifying to the phrenological development of approbativeness of the said senator and lady.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert
Then, to tickle the approbativeness of the slave, it was declared a virtue not to work on Sunday, a most pleasing bit of Tom Sawyer diplomacy.
From Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others by Hubbard, Elbert
I was greatly impressed when he remarked that I had a large bump of approbativeness and would sometime be an editor.
From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John
Sometimes, though she would scarcely have confessed it, her husband's mere approbativeness had almost shocked her.
From A Comedy of Masks A Novel by Dowson, Ernest Christopher
