† versabilityn.
Obsolete.
1. = versatility n. 2.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility
volubility1579
ambidexterity1593
versatilousness1640
versatileness1654
versability1672
versatilitya1773
versatility1798
flexility1815
manysidedness1831
Crichtonism1854
multisidedness1903
omnicompetence1937
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xi. 122 Wit..consists (saith Thesauro) in 1. perspicacity, which is the consideration of all..circumstances: and 2. versability, or speedy comparing them together.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xlii. 145 By the versability of this great engine, round which they are twisted, to open new tracks of enquiry.
2. Aptness or readiness to be changed or turned (round).
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the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]
unstablenessc1340
varyingc1380
uncertaintyc1384
brotelnessc1386
were1390
instabilityc1422
bricklenessa1425
changeability?a1425
changeableness1447
vertibility1447
mutability?a1475
variableness?a1475
inconstance1509
mutationa1542
fickleness1548
variety1548
unconstancy1563
mobility1567
unstability1572
vicissitude1576
variousness1607
inconstancy1613
slipperinessa1618
alterableness1633
versatilousness1640
bottomlessness1642
lability1651
brittlety1652
versatileness1654
fluctuancy1659
fugitivenessa1661
alterability1661
permutability1662
unfixedness1668
mutablenessa1677
flittingnessa1680
frailness1687
flittiness1692
versability1721
plasticity1727
variability1771
unestablishment1776
fluctuabilitya1786
changefulness1791
unsettledness1799
versatility1802
harlequinism1808
fluidity1824
fitfulness1825
sensitiveness1825
insubstantiality1848
contingency1858
rootlessness1859
shiftingness1866
ficklety1888
variancy1888
impredicability1906
proteanism1909
the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > swivelling or pivoting > ability
versatileness1654
versability1721
versatility1884
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Versability, an aptness to be turn'd, chang'd or wound any way.
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