choice
noun
an act or instance of choosing; selection.
choiceness
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a word derived from
choice.
Example Sentences
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Its choiceness was great, but was not duly guarded.
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
Indeed he had been especially struck by the impassioned elevation of her language, and the choiceness of her expressions so little in accordance with her position in life.
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Spiegfried Kohn
The words chosen do not merely render the subject with fluency and fitness; they attain a choiceness and exaltation of expression, which give to the writing much of the character of the designs.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne
To some extent the success of a garden depends upon favourable conditions of sun, soil, and water, but more upon the choiceness of its contents, the skill of its planting, the lovingness of its tendence.
From Garden-Craft Old and New by John D. Sedding
The sand, or hard shell, or as they are sometimes called little necks, are next in choiceness, and then come the Pismo beach clams, noted for their flavor and enormous size.
From Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. by Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar) Edwords
