Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being restful.
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- noun The property of being
restful .
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- noun the attribute of being restful
Etymologies
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Examples
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The patterns on the shafts of the columns, while doubtless adding to the feeling of richness, are a little too pronounced, tending to destroy that restfulness which is felt in the other Italian courts, the Court of Flowers and the Court of Palms.
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As these things hurried through my mind, my body sunk in a kind of restfulness before the great fire, Doltaire came back.
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As these things hurried through my mind, my body sunk in a kind of restfulness before the great fire, Doltaire came back.
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As these things hurried through my mind, my body sunk in a kind of restfulness before the great fire, Doltaire came back.
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The most original boys will have long lapses into conventionality, but the heroes of Kipling's book are never conventional, never ordinary; and then there is an absence of restfulness which is one of the greatest merits of Tom Brown.
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The fact of the prisoner in their midst, and the problem which they must solve shortly, prevented that feeling of restfulness which is necessary for profound slumber.
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Other languages naturally have their own words for states of being and activities that are entertaining or diverting, or that bring sensations of restorative fulfillment or restfulness.
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Other languages naturally have their own words for states of being and activities that are entertaining or diverting, or that bring sensations of restorative fulfillment or restfulness.
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The warmth of their bodies intermingled, and she was aware of a great restfulness and content.
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It is only in the fourth movement, Urlicht – sung warmly by Jard van Nes – that there is some uneasy restfulness.
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