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Noun- Harmony or fitness in the adaptation of parts to a whole or to each other.

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  • There was a moment of inner peace in which belief and doubt merged into a strangely comforting concinnity.
  • But there are likewise certain forms of expression, which have such a natural concinnity, as will necessarily have a similar effect to that of regular numbers.
  • By seeking to document the patterns of concinnity in Creation,
  • Sarah Palin's concinnity in her speeches has the crowds cheering their approval.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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