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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahyld
Phonetic Transcription : maɪld



Definition of mildness

Origin :
  • Old English mildnes "mildness, mercy," from mild (adj.) + -ness.
  • noun tolerance
Example sentences :
  • There is a coolness amid all the heat, a mildness in the blazing noon.
  • Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • There is no cheese superior to them in richness and mildness.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • But if they were all mildness toward her, they were all fierceness toward one another.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • One of the reasons for my mildness in public is that I have to be mild at home.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Mildness which has never been put to the proof, is often only counterfeit.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • I will learn how to treat you with the mildness that women need.
  • Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
  • The directness of the question and the mildness of it also surprised him.
  • Extract from : « Robert Hardy's Seven Days » by Charles Monroe Sheldon
  • But it would have been a great mistake to mistake his mildness for softness.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb
  • The mildness of it brought the tenement dwellers to windows and doors.
  • Extract from : « Old Valentines » by Munson Aldrich Havens
  • The mildness of the King and of the military authorities is admirable.
  • Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine

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