Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SERV'ICE-A-BLE-NESS
SERV'ICE-A-BLE-NESS, n.
- Usefulness in promoting good of any kind; beneficialness. All actions being for some end, its aptness to be commanded or forbidden must be founded upon its serviceableness or disserviceableness to some end. – Norris.
- Officiousness; readiness to do service. – Sidney.
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