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seemingness|ˈsiːmɪŋnɪs|
[f. seeming ppl. a. + -ness.]
1. The quality or fact of seeming to be something; unreal pretence; plausibility.
1640G. Abbott Job Paraphr. vi. 21, I put my confidence in you, because of your former seemingnesse. 1644Digby Nat. Bodies vi. §7. 45 Were it not for the authority of Aristotle and of his learned followers, that presseth vs on the one side, and for the seemingnesse of those reasons we haue already mentioned, which persuadeth vs on the other side. 1647Trapp Comm. Matt. vi. 16 There is a great deal of seemingnesse, and much counterfeit grace abroad. 1830Lamb Let. to Rev. J. Gillman 8 Mar., In the silken seemingness of his nature there is that which offends me.
2. Semblance, seeming existence or presence.
1656Disc. Auxil. Beauty 91 Under the seemingnesse or appearance of evill. 1702Sherburne Seneca's Trag. Ep. Ded. A 3 b, I must confess, there is not a little Seemingness of Incongruity between [etc.]. 1851Meredith Poems, Sleeping City 14 The seemingness of Death, not dead. |