Usage examples (8)

• It is sufficient to say that Harvey had all the worst traits of "donnishness," without having apparently any notion of that dignity which sometimes half excuses the don.
• "donnishness" seem to have acquired their uncomplimentary meaning about this period.
• Among them are the Magistrate, whose clipped tones most certainly do "not invite debate," and the Padre, whose voice is perfectly balanced between donnishness and...
• Edinburgh for that, -- a vast amount of toryism and donnishness everywhere.