Adjective : a spontaneous burst of applause. From Dictionary.com.
Along with this advance, however, there is a perceptible falling off in symmetry and completeness of design, and in what I would call spontaneousness of composition. From Wordnik.com. [The Unseen World and Other Essays] Reference
"I'm so sorry you've a souvenir of any kind," said Nan quickly, with the spontaneousness which was part of her charm. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
Compared with much of our American humor, it has a spontaneousness, and above all a lovable quality, that ours lacks. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
I cannot forgive you the want of accomplishments; and yet culture will instantly impair that chiefest beauty of spontaneousness. From Wordnik.com. [Representative Men] Reference
There is frequently a claim from the top, yes “endowed by their creator”, yet spontaneousness of human morality and order is another strong claim, especially in American conservatism. From Wordnik.com. [The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design Review: Darwin And Conservatism (Chapter 14) - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
His second book, "The Scouring of the White Horse," was less successful, -- in part from the narrower range of its interest, and still more, perhaps, because it lacked the spontaneousness of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
The spontaneousness of the representative assembly. From Wordnik.com. [Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins] Reference
Indeed, its outstanding feature has been its spontaneousness. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America: Comprising Its Organization, Subsequent Development and Present Status] Reference
˜spontaneousness 'or ˜originality™ of these apparent intuitions. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Sidgwick] Reference
Another argument for the spontaneousness of growth is universal experience. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Law in the Spiritual World] Reference
'Shirley' lately; it is not equal to 'Jane Eyre' in spontaneousness and earnestness. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)] Reference
Our success and well-being depend upon the closeness and spontaneousness of the relation. From Wordnik.com. [The Breath of Life] Reference
There are three lines along which one may seek for evidence of the spontaneousness of growth. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Law in the Spiritual World] Reference
I have read 'Shirley' lately; it is not equal to 'Jane Eyre' in spontaneousness and earnestness. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
The significance of the title is further traceable in a peculiar spontaneousness running through the play. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England] Reference
Just ask for the original receipe and extra crispy, hold the fur. just now, -0/+1I think it's the spontaneousness. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Accustomed to put up with every yoke, they soon end by desiring servitude, and lose all spontaneousness and energy. From Wordnik.com. [The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind] Reference
The reason for choosing this subject is the great tendency here to advocate spontaneousness, at the expense of reflection. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II] Reference
For with a spontaneousness the American people never disclosed before, we bow our heads in sorrow in this hour of his funeral. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr to Liberty] Reference
I cannot forgive you the want of accomplishment; and yet, culture will instantly destroy that chiefest beauty of spontaneousness. From Wordnik.com. [Representative Men] Reference
She has also, most imperatively, to dazzle him without the betrayal of artifice, where simple spontaneousness is beyond conjuring. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
I cannot forgive you the want of accomplishments; and yet, culture will instantly destroy that chiefest beauty of spontaneousness. From Wordnik.com. [Representative Man (1850)] Reference
The diatribes leaned too heavily on woe-is-me-isms, though the artist's odd mix of prepared melodrama and spontaneousness was strangely compelling. From Wordnik.com. [Pitchfork: Latest News] Reference
It has not the perfection of Swift nor the easy elegance of Addison, but it has a springtime gaiety, a conversational ease, a blithe spontaneousness that are enchanting. From Wordnik.com. [The Summing Up]
There was, perhaps, a little less readiness in her eyes to meet his, but she talked as naturally as ever, and the spontaneousness of her good-humour was assuredly not feigned. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
Suddenly this suggested that invention, therefore, so far from being a differential quality of poetry, was, in fact, the polar opposite, spontaneousness being the true quality. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1] Reference
In the following sentence she betrays, by the law of opposites, the deepest charm of such a nature as her own; namely, a thoroughly sincere and fluent spontaneousness of character. From Wordnik.com. [The Friendships of Women] Reference
And He shows us that from the first moment, with the spontaneousness which, as I have already remarked in previous sermons on these 'signs,' characterises all the miracles of John's. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV] Reference
The first was the simplicity of it all, the spontaneousness with which pleasure was born if only you took off your clothes, so to speak, and left them on the bank while you jumped in. From Wordnik.com. [Michael] Reference
It is purely imitative and conventional; it reveals none of that delight in ornament, that spontaneousness in devising decoration and in working out artistic patterns which can clearly be traced in Late Celtic work. From Wordnik.com. [The Romanization of Roman Britain] Reference
But it involved just spontaneousness, you know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2006] Reference
Rawlins shook the proffered hand with eager spontaneousness, and the girl resumed: "He's about ez good ez they make 'em -- you bet. From Wordnik.com. [Snow-Bound at Eagle's] Reference
There's a spontaneousness about it. From Wordnik.com. [Questing Parson] Reference
His character was a blending of reserve, calmness, and foresight, and, at the same time, of spontaneousness, initiative, and intrepidity. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]] Reference
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