serviceable
adjective
capable of or being of service; useful.
serviceableness
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a word derived from
serviceable.
Example Sentences
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The hat should be plain, the hair compactly done, and the whole effect of the costume trim serviceableness and grace, rather than prettiness.
From The Etiquette of To-day by Edith B. Ordway
Are love of father and mother on the part of children, affection and serviceableness between brothers and sisters, straightforwardness and truthfulness between business men essentially dependent upon these beliefs?
From A Grammar of Freethought by Chapman Cohen
The only real test of health is the serviceableness to the needs of life.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
The work that is ready to her hand, the ordinary round of family tasks and serviceableness, repels her.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 by Various
His serviceableness to his friends was unwearied, and his generous liberality toward all whom he could help either with his interest, his trouble, or his purse was unfailing.
From Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble
