winningness

English

Etymology

winning +‎ -ness

Noun

winningness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being winning.
   • 1979, High Fidelity Musical America, volume 29, number 2:

     Taylor tried a jape or two as in a campy hootch number for Linda Kent who, for some prankish reason, made her entrance behind an obliging cabbage; but the whole seemed underchoreographed and overdependent upon the winningness of the dancers.

   • 1879, John Morley, Burke:

     Those who insist on charm, on winningness in style, on subtle harmonies and fine exquisiteness of suggestion, are disappointed in Burke