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Webster 1913 Edition

Setness

Set′ness

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Noun.

The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.

“The starched setness of a sententious writer.”

R. Masters.

Definition 2024

setness

setness

English

Noun

setness ‎(countable and uncountable, plural setnesses)

The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
- R. Masters
  the starched setness of a sententious writer
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
  They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses […] acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.