relativeness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of relativeness
Example Sentences
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Reasoning is the art of fixing the relativeness of things.
From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Mme. Blanchard Yoritomo-Tashi
This is the art of calculating the differences existing between each thing, by determining the relativeness of their respective proportions.
From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Mme. Blanchard Yoritomo-Tashi
It is by abstracting reckless contingencies, and by relying only upon the relativeness of facts, that we can succeed in discovering the truth that there are too many representations as to these facts.
From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Mme. Blanchard Yoritomo-Tashi
Words were fitted to all the calls, which generally bore some relativeness to the sigmal, but these were as, destitute of congruity as of sense.
From Andersonville — Volume 1 A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by John McElroy
Words were fitted to all the calls, which generally bore some relativeness to the signal, but these were as, destitute of congruity as of sense.
From Andersonville A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by John McElroy
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