settledness — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The quality or state of being settled.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Excessive joy hath more severity then jolity: extreme and full content more settlednes then cheerfulnesse.

Noun

1. The quality or state of being fixed, permanent or stationary; established.

   Broader terms

   life stylelife-stylelifestylemodus vivendipermanencepermanency

   Examples

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   Whatever his settledness into place, Stern knows from his own history, from the Pennsylvania seasons, that there can be no settledness without the emergence into the scene of radical diversity.