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noun

Greatness n.

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

Pride; haughtiness. (Obs.) "It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships."

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Etymology of 'Greatness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... some power, jealous of the greatness of America, has perfected a new and barbarous weapon of warfare, and without due warning and declaration of hostilities has launched it against us, not only do we denounce such uncivilized procedure, ...

— The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds • Francis Flagg

... greatness and renown diffuses its influence to a wide compass, but acts weakly ...

— The Century Vocabulary Builder • Creever & Bachelor

... time to-morrow I shall be the happiest girl in the world or the most truly miserable," she thought to herself. But the greatness of the ordeal now had a certain composing effect, and Kitty, Mary and Florence started off in Sir John's carriage in apparently ...

— A Bunch of Cherries - A Story of Cherry Court School • L. T. Meade

... fertile country flooded with mud, England showed no sign of her greatness in the days when she was putting forth all her strength to save herself from the worst consequences of her littleness. Most of the men of action, occupied to the last hour of their time with urgent practical work, had to leave to idler people, or to professional ...

— Heartbreak House • George Bernard Shaw

... not meant for the obscure, magnanimous conqueror of Flora de Barral; it was meant for the notorious financier whose enterprises had nothing to do with magnanimity. He had his physician in his days of greatness. I even seem to remember that the man was called at the trial on some small point or other. I can imagine that de Barral went to him when he saw, as he could hardly help seeing, the possibility of a "triumph ...

— Chance • Joseph Conrad

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