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Definition of Stylelessness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylelessness
Literary usage of Stylelessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd (1921)
"It is to combat the stylelessness of many contemporary writers that the ...
One cannot altogether acquit Mr. Masefield of a hasty stylelessness in some of ..."
2. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"3 Again, the only trouble is stylelessness. In fine, this is the quality
characterizing Carolingian prose, of which a last example may be taken from the ..."
3. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"It has something of the grand old stylelessness [of the North, in which all seems
nature and nothing convention, and a ruthless sincerity is the sole form. ..."
4. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"It has something of the grand old stylelessness [of the North, in which all seems
nature and nothing convention, and a ruthless sincerity is the sole form. ..."
5. German Culture: The Contribution of the Germans to Knowledge, Literature by William Paterson Paterson (1915)
"In the latter he resembles Jean Paul in his stylelessness, his humour, and the
way in which he interrupts the narrative with personal opinions and ..."
6. Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movementby Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen (2002)
"We call for stylelessness to arrive at STYLE. Style is never plagiarism!'6 The
innovation, therefore, was not merely a consensus on formal criteria; ..."
7. The Lamp: A Review and Record of Current Literature by Charles Scribner's Sons (1904)
"One wonders what makes him say, in order to disparage the purely literary qualities
of Herbert Spencer, that in point of stylelessness, he resembles "Locke ..."
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