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

While it failed to establish them, it at least recognized the desirableness of a universal language for schools, and a universal church for man.

From History of Education by Seeley, Levi

Of course, it was now holiday-time, but Miss Ashley had quite agreed with him in the desirableness of Sylvia’s going to Hornton House before the term began.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

Without questioning the desirableness of this end, of considering general truths without any previous examination of particulars, we may well doubt the power of modern philosophers to attain it.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

The passions of men are not in proportion only to their sensibility, or to the desirableness of the object, but to the violence and irritability of their tempers, and the obstacles to their success.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

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