Now rare. [f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being considerable; importance.
1647. Sprigge, Anglia Rediv., IV. vii. (1854), 283. The city now appearing in this reputation of considerableness.
1685. Boyle, Effects of Mot., i. 5. The considerableness of the effects produced.
1728. Morgan, Algiers, I. Ded. 4. A People concerning whose considerableness I find our Nation have hitherto conceived very wrong Notions.
