secureness

English

Etymology

secure +‎ -ness

Noun

secureness (uncountable)

1. the quality or state of being secure, security
   • 1910, Compiled by Edwin Partridge Lehman and Julian Park, A Williams Anthology‎^[1]:

     And now, though there is none of that sweetness of stolen fruits, none of that creeping insecurity of former readings, there is an undisturbing, quiet secureness that makes our books more living to us.

   • 1919, Ellen N. La Motte, Peking Dust‎^[2]:

     A square seat, about as wide and unyielding as a table-top, was strapped securely to each donkey, and to this seat we clung, with no secureness at all.

   • 1990 December 21, Albert Williams, “Closer Than Ever”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     That's partly because of the high level of professionalism and efficiency of M. Seth Reines's staging of the show at Apple Tree Theatre; the very secureness of the production mitigates any feelings of insecurity the characters might want to communicate.

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