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Definition of Leadenness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leadenness
Literary usage of Leadenness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1838)
"The leadenness of his eye passed away, and it brightened into its wonted
intelligence, as it fell upon a plate of fresh eggs which Domenico had prudently ..."
2. Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English by Joseph Kenny Meadows (1878)
"What but the decree of Providence can create that rigid immobility of feature—that
leadenness of eye—that stoniness of brow —that more than military ..."
3. The Midland by Frank Luther Mott, John Towner Frederick (1919)
"Grandma Dunker dug into a deep pocket and put on her glasses, peering through
them searchingly. Some more than usual leadenness in the tone and bearing of ..."
4. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1894)
"Waterfalls in the Scottish Highlands, where there is no contamination, present
to the eye the purest whiteness, without any symptom of leadenness or ..."
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