desirableness

American  

[di-zahy-er-uh-buhl-nis] / dɪˈzaɪ ər ə bəl nɪs /

noun

1. the quality, state, or fact of being desirable.

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Other Word Forms

• undesirableness noun

Example Sentences

Speeding hither and thither by rail, her eye caught beauty and desirableness in a flash; the settler stirred in her blood, and she longed to possess and to develop.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

We have dwelt on one point—the desirableness, if not necessity, of shortness in them—as specially valuable at the time.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

Out of this trouble about the boots had arisen in Jem’s mind some serious misgivings as to the entire desirableness of donation visits.

From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

There is another point of which Authors are frequently not aware—the desirableness of their Manuscripts being written on one side only.

From The Author's Printing and Publishing Assistant Comprising Explanations of the Process of Printing; Preparation and Calculation of Manuscripts; Choice of Paper, Type, Binding, Illustrations, Publishing, Advertising, &c.; with an Exemplification and Description of the Typographical Marks Used in the Correction of the Press by Saunders, Frederick

A penitentiary may be described as a place of punishment and reward; and under the system proposed the difference in desirableness between a sentence and an appointment would be virtually effaced.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)