intentivenessn.
Obsolete or archaic.
The quality or fact of being intentive; closeness of attention; intentness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] > condition of
whole-mindedness1528
intentiveness1561
intentness1642
undistractedness1660
fascination1768
concentrativeness1823
preoccupancy1830
absorbedness1833
concentratedness1835
engrossment1838
raptness1856
fixedness1863
absorbancy1909
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 78 He doth..speake..of suche praiers as require a more earnest intentiuenesse.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 231 Their care and intentivenesse is truely commendable; they came to comfort her, they do what they came for.
1685 R. Lowman Exact Narr. Fire-works 1 The Earnestness of Expectation and Intentiveness of what was..to succeed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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