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accommodatedness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English accommodated Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English accommodatedness From accommodated + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being accommodated.
    • This sets the limit to its accommodatedness. The Principle of Relativity can be extremely helpful here. 2003, "Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity", Wallace M. Alston, p. 168
    • Langland is, I think, optimistically insisting on the accommodatedness even of the fallen world of sin and suffering to the spiritual aspirations of man. 1988, "Nature and Salvation in Piers Plowman", Hugh White, p. 60
    • To sum up, the chief qualities of Father Lucas's book are its sincerity, its quiet humour, its accommodatedness. He lays bare his own mind […] 1908, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Browne and Nolan, page 447: