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Purposefulness

noun
1.
The quality of having a definite purpose.  Synonym: sense of purpose.






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"Purposefulness" Quotes from Famous Books



... these meet with much doubt. So for example, Esser[1] calls the elementary hand essentially a work hand, the motor essentially a masculine hand, having less soul and refinement of character than will and purposefulness. So again the sensitive hand implies generally a sanguine character, and the psychic hand presents itself as the possession of beautiful souls and ...
— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

... will wish to read aloud certain passages from these longer units because of their beauty, their dramatic quality, or the forceful way in which the author has expressed his thoughts. Class readings are frequently suggested for this purpose. In this way reading aloud is given purposefulness. ...
— The Elson Readers, Book 5 • William H. Elson and Christine M. Keck



Words linked to "Purposefulness" :   sense of purpose, purposeful, meaningfulness, purposelessness



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