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1513 Bp. T. Ruthall Let. in Sir H. James Facsimiles National Manuscripts (1866) II. No. 4 With the assistence goode conduyt and actyvenesse of his sonne the lorde Haworde admirall of Englande.

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles ii. f. xxxviij^v He also surmounted hys father Cyrus in vertue: for by hys actiuenesse was Egypte also ioyned to his kyngdome.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. i. iv. 10 Yea, yet a..Lad, for Actiuenes the world did lack his like.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 96 Because in actiuenesse she much excelled.

1645 T. Coleman Hopes Deferred 22 Vnity without Activenesse is but a combination of a self-seeking sluggard, to eat us up.

1709 Duke of Marlborough Let. 16 Jan. in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) III. 1194 The lengh and activness of this campagne would of necessity occasion a considerable extreordinary expence to the publick.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. ii. 203 Action, when set properly in Opposition to Passion, or Passiveness, is..a meer Relation: 'Tis the Activeness of something on another Thing.

1807 Times 29 Jan. 1/2 (advt.) Young man..could take any place in hand where attention and activeness is required.

1856 C. Lanman Adventures Wilds N. Amer. II. 39 The go-ahead activeness of the American character.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 307 Activeness in religious practices, and soundness in ethical teachings.

1905 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 6 July 2/4 Foreman Murphy..is being lauded, all because of his Yankee ingenuity and the activeness of his fertile brain.

1956 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 21 408 Tests revealed four common factors: non-suggestibility, stability, general intelligence and activeness... All four are related to leadership criteria.

2002 H. H. Alonso Growing Up Abolitionist v. 112 His extreme activeness presenting his parents with endless consternation.