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Harmoniousness

Harmonious \Har*mo"ni*ous\ (h[aum]r*m[=o]"n[i^]*[u^]s), a. [Cf. F. harmonieux. See Harmony.]

  1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.

    God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us.
    --Locke.

  2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.

  3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious. -- Har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

Wiktionary
harmoniousness

n. The characteristic of being harmonious.

WordNet
harmoniousness
  1. n. the property of sounding harmonious [syn: consonance]

  2. compatibility in opinion and action [syn: harmony]

Usage examples of "harmoniousness".

Any creation which has any wholeness and harmoniousness, I suspect, was made by an artist or inventor with an audience of one in mind.

All that remained of the terrible winds of the week before were soft, gusting breezes that bent the tops of the cryptomeria and set up a fibrous rustling whose confluence with the natural buzz of the insects brought about a harmoniousness for which this park was noted.

Locked together, Gombauld and Anne moved with a harmoniousness that made them seem a single creature, two headed and four-legged.

I liked harmoniousness and a situation where the elements didn't fight with each other or overwhelm each other.