- plural of quality.
qualities
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Qualities like grit or self-control influenced overall performance, but they did not prevent people from having less productive days.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Qualities such as fluency, clarity and professionalism act as a channel of credibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Qualities such as competence or experience have no bearing whatsoever.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2024
Qualities like your trustworthiness and approachability are instantly inferred by details as small, and as immutable, as the width of your mouth in a single Facebook photo.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2016
Substantial Forms, Occult Qualities, Intentional Species, Idiosyncrasies, Sympathies and Antipathies of Things, are exploded...because they are only empty Sounds, Words whereof no Man can form a certain and determinate Idea.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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