immediateness
- a word derived from immediate.
Example Sentences
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Because he is spirit, man is not to yield himself to his immediateness; he is to exhibit to man his naturalness as under the control of spirit.
From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
The transition from directness and immediateness to indirectness and mediation, along with the notions of space and time appropriated in the process, is in many ways reflected in the process of language constitution.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
And the degree of immediateness and celerity with which he realizes it depends entirely on the degree of spiritual energy that he brings to bear on his purpose.
From The Life Radiant by Whiting, Lilian
The ballad and narrative poem must be, by reason of their highly artificial form, comparatively short, possessing totality, immediateness, compression, verisimilitude, and finality.
From The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 by Defoe, Daniel
M’Leay’s is admirable-spirited—and has that look of shrewdness and vivacity and immediateness which he had when he was observing and speaking keenly; it is, moreover, a fine, manly bit of art.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
