rooted
adjective
having roots.
rootedness
-
a word derived from
rooted.
Example Sentences
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Only the practical rationality and moral rootedness of the New World can redeem the old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Hale and others have noted that loyalty and rootedness.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
I think I saw in Andrew a happy rootedness I deeply craved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
"It was this rural rootedness of his which resonated with people so deeply," Prof Singh says.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022
And ever since we began to incur the condescension of foreigners by trying to be American, we have been conscious of this weak- rootedness in our literature and trying to remedy it.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby
