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harmlessness - definition and meaning
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noun
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noun harmless .
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This, then, is what is called the harmlessness of man, -- the holiness of his passions!
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
His great talent, his modesty, and above all what people were pleased to describe as his harmlessness , made everybody like him.
Sant' Ilario 1881
It is impossible, at least as men and things are to, to advance, to grow, to fulfill and still to observe really and utterly that principle of harmlessness which is yet placed before us as the highest and best law of conduct.
Shocking but true quotes on Naxalites / Maoists Abhay N 2007
A more successful illustration of the "harmlessness " of stimulants is supplied in Mr. Augustus
Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life Alfred Arthur Reade
We must remember that the returns include foreigners and Chinamen, or else the reputation for "harmlessness " which
The Hawaiian Archipelago 1867
Yes, it is very charming that the dove, the favorite type of gentleness and tenderness and "harmlessness ," should have such a swift and vigorous power of flight; _suaviter -- fortiter_, a good combination.
Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
“My wife was infected by that kind of harmlessness just long enough to wreck my life and her daughter’s.
The Luxembourg Run Ellin, Stanley 1977
He advanced with tentative caution, made sure of the harmlessness of the man beside the fire, and joined him.
THE PRINCESS 2010
For Labour, one of the immediate attractions of petitions after its various experiments in online engagement was that their crudeness guaranteed their harmlessness .
Let's all join in not signing up to this idea of e-petitions | Catherine Bennett 2011
If they are tartaric crystals, consider this from the Oxford Companion to Wine: Only the most informed consumers appreciate the harmlessness of tartrate crystals in bottle.
Waiter, there’s a snow globe in my wine! [tartaric crystals] | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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