Meanings
- nonstandarduncountableSafety; safeness.
I was anxious after Brother Jackson's safetiness.
1908, O. Henry, “Hostages to Momus”, in The Gentle Grafter, page 1832 more examples
And every union man should teach his children the safetiness of unionism. A non-union man is never safe or secure in any position which he holds because he has not the backing of his fellow employees or an organization to see that he gets a square deal.
1915 July, J.V.N., “Prize Contest Product”, in The Motorman and Conductor, volume 23, number 9, page 9However, regulation for health and safetiness of the completed construction is incorporated in the building regulation, in most of the modernized laws as guiding principle.
2008, Sidsel Jerkö, Increased Exchange in the Building Sector, page 114
Origin
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