Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Clearness of sight.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The state of being sightful; perspicuity.

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  • noun obsolete The state of being sightful; perspicuity.

Etymologies

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sightful +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • For herself, Edda knew that even lenticular perfection would only get Sister Amelia to about 20% sightfulness—huge in comparison to her comprehension of life beneath the heavens—and felt only compassion.

    The first paragraph contest thread 2008

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