winningness

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noun

The quality or state of being winning.

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Meanings

nounwinningness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality or state of being winning.

    Those who insist on charm, on winningness in style, on subtle harmonies and fine exquisiteness of suggestion, are disappointed in Burke

    1879, John Morley, Burke
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    Taylor tried a jape or two as in a campy hootch number for Linda Kent who, for some prankish reason, made her entrance behind an obliging cabbage; but the whole seemed underchoreographed and overdependent upon the winningness of the dancers.

    1979, High Fidelity Musical America, volume 29, number 2

Origin

From winning + -ness.

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APA

winningness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winningness

MLA

“winningness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winningness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “winningness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/winningness.

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