compassionatenessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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compassionateness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being compassionate.

   Synonym: compassion

   • 1661, Edward Burrough, A Just and Righteous Plea Presented unto the King of England, and His Council, London: Robert Wilson,^[1]

     […] not as in any kind of harshness in my spirit towards you do I write, but in love and compassionateness to you and these Kingdoms.

   • 1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, Volume 1, Chapter 7, p. 133,^[2]

     […] but Gwendolen, instead of any such symptoms as pallor and silence, had only deepened the compassionateness of her brow and eyes,