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contentedness|kənˈtɛntɪdnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The state or quality of being contented.
1580Apol. Pr. Orange in Phenix (1721) I. 450 They have..given me more Contentedness of mind. 1653Milton Hirelings Wks. (1851) 353 The Contentedness of those Forein Pastors, with the Maintenance given them. 1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 301 Which made them, with so much Patience and Contentedness, undergo the Calamities of that..War. 1814Wordsw. Excursion ii. Wks. (1889) 438/1 The still contentedness of seventy years. |