select
verb (used with object)
to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
selectness
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a word derived from
select.
Example Sentences
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It was a very wise custom, for it furnished protection to the womankind of the officials and gave greater selectness to their revels.
From The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London
It is to this magic name, probably, that the town owes its numerous magnificent temples, and the selectness of the Brahmans who inhabit the banks of the river.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
What a picture!—what simplicity of means! what largeness and perfectness of effect!—what knowledge and love of nature! what supreme art!—what modesty and submission! what self-possession!—what plainness, what selectness of speech!
From Spare Hours by John Brown
The company was not numerous; it was rather remarkable for its selectness.
From Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century by William Ware
A small one: selectness is the type of cordiality.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
