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intentness|ɪnˈtɛntnɪs|
[f. intent a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being intent; strained or fixed attention; close mental application.
1642Bp. Reynolds Israel's Petit. 15 It doth intimate an Intentnesse of the Church upon that point. 1692Locke Educ. Wks. 1812 IX. 62 Intentness of thought upon something else. 1755Visc. Parker in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 368, I found by his intentness, that he saw something extra⁓ordinary. 1817J. Scott Paris Revis. (ed. 4) 145 This business..was carried on with an intentness that seemed to have no distraction towards any other consideration. 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am II. 119 A tone and look that indicated intentness of purpose. |