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Definition of Reediness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reediness
Literary usage of Reediness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1865)
"JCJ seems intentionally to have misunderstood my meaning as to reediness of ...
To allege reediness alone as a proof of power would indeed be " a discovery. ..."
2. Vocal Faults and Their Remedies by William Hammond Breare (1907)
"Any prolongation of the "e" will result in unpleasant reediness. When necessary
to slightly hold the final "e," it should be sung very softly indeed. ..."
3. Analysis of Woven Fabrics by Aldred Farrer Barker, Eber Midgley (1914)
"•will when finished show no reediness, still less will a woollen. On the other
hand a cotton warp lustre dregs fabric made as follows:— Warp. 2/90's cotton. ..."
4. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1889)
"ave to be riveted, and so on, the " reediness," as it was called, rould be a very
great disadvantage. But as they were, to a extent, simply put into ..."
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