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As written, the words appear noncommittal, yet the rhyme implies the patness of what these women have to say.

From New York Times • May 17, 2018

But Mukherjee’s primary bulwark against patness is a piece of formal daring.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 14, 2016

Benjamin Black makes pointed asides about the dullness of Agatha Christie, and about the patness of mystery stories that resolve their loose ends too tidily.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2012

They have appeared when need arose for describing a practice or an article not described with sufficient patness by any word of the standard language.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harrigan Blood admitted the patness of the guess with a wave of his hand, leaning heavily on the table with his elbows.

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen