[f. LOVABLE a.1 + -NESS.] The quality of being lovable.
1842. C. Whitehead, R. Savage (1845), II. ix. 290. Beauty she had … a loveableness (to coin a word) of mien upon the stage almost irresistible.
1876. Miss Braddon, J. Haggard’s Dau., III. 9. The soft lovableness of her disposition.
1894. Pop. Sci. Monthly, XLIV. 559. His thoughtfulness and wisdom and lovableness.
