Definition of Adventurousness

1. Noun. The trait of being adventurous.

Exact synonyms: Venturesomeness
Generic synonyms: Boldness, Daring, Hardihood, Hardiness
Derivative terms: Adventurous, Venturesome

Definition of Adventurousness

1. n. The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

Definition of Adventurousness

1. Noun. The quality of being adventurous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adventurousness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Adventurousness

adventuresome
adventuresomely
adventuresomeness
adventuresses
adventuring
adventurings
adventurish
adventurism
adventurisms
adventurist
adventuristic
adventurists
adventurous
adventurously
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Literary usage of Adventurousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The history of chivalry, or Knighthood and its times by Charles Mills (1825)
"... of Two Brother Knights Instance of his joyous adventurousness His Gallantry before Au- ... adventurousness ..."

2. The Children's Crusade by Marcel Schwob, Henry Copley Greene (1905)
"on the dialects of Villon's time;* and his mental adventurousness had grown into ... His adventurousness, on the contrary, found constantly fresh outlets. ..."

3. Young Drivers: The Road to Safety by Oecd, OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre, Evropská konference ministrů dopravy, Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations (2006)
"Only the impulsivity and sensation-seeking scale and the confidence-adventurousness scale of this last test appeared to be good predictors for speeding ..."

4. A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1897)
"... it is necessary to depart from the merely chronological order of American church history; for, although the immense adventurousness of Spanish explorers ..."

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