Definition of Suitableness

1. Noun. The quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose. "An important requirement is suitability for long trips"

Exact synonyms: Suitability
Specialized synonyms: Appropriateness, Fitness, Fittingness, Convenience
Generic synonyms: Quality
Antonyms: Unsuitability, Unsuitableness
Derivative terms: Suitable, Suitable

Definition of Suitableness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being suitable, adapted or accommodated; suitability; fitness; propriety; agreeableness. ¹

2. Noun. The result of being suitable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suitableness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suitableness

suing
suingly
suings
suint
suints
suit
suit and tie
suit costs
suit of armor
suit of armour
suit of clothes
suit up
suitabilities
suitability
suitable
suitableness (current term)
suitablenesses
suitably
suitcase
suitcaseful
suitcasefuls
suitcaselike
suitcases
suitcasesful
suite
suited
suited and booted
suited up
suitelike
suitemate

Literary usage of Suitableness

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

1. Law of Wills, Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1915)
"The same Subject; suitableness as between Males and Females, the Elder and ... But on practical considerations of suitableness, where the settlement of ..."

2. The works of Thomas Goodwin by Thomas Goodwin (1863)
"¡ll have another scripture that speaks this suitableness between this ... You have here the suitableness between spiritual things and a spiritual man ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1883)
"Leading Considerations which affect the Choice among Persons equally entitled by Law to administer; suitableness, etc. — As among the next of kin, ..."

4. Homiletics, Or, The Theory of Preaching by Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet, Andrew Robert Fausset (1858)
"V.—suitableness. In a very general sense, all the qualities recommended above are suitableness of different natures. What we here call suitableness in a ..."

5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1859)
"... f'om their suitableness to ~*eV • *"*" ^o'of'^ I **«»* «.7T.» M -*£- - «—-«• ,-,..^^^«>vf§r-'la"^iv "'lip^^fe^g&'Sg- :^: SS'. ..."

6. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"SECTION X.—suitableness OF THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF SOUTH AFRICA TO THE GROWTH OF TREES. 93. South Africa has a soil and climate excellently adapted to the ..."

7. Life of Mrs. Siddons by Thomas Campbell (1834)
"Mrs. Siddons plays Isabella, in the " Fatal Marriage," at Drury Lane—suitableness of the Part for her first new Trial—Remarks on the Tragedy—Resumption of ..."

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