timeservingness en · NOUN
Etymology
From time-serving + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being time-serving.
Subtlety may indeed effect a victory at the deadening cost of a sin, but timeservingness can only get transitory advantage, while the damage of its untruthfulness leaves its corroding taint behind for ever.
1855, The Ecclesiastic, page 346:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| time-servingness | alternative | lexicographic |