"contentedness" is a valid word in written English.
It is a noun that means "a feeling of contentment or satisfaction". Example sentence: After a hard day's work, I felt a deep sense of contentedness.
It can be difficult to balance these seemingly terminal issues with those of job satisfaction and contentedness.
The "seven ages of man"—the dominant image of the life-course in the 16th and 17th centuries was almost invariably conceived as a rise in stature and contentedness to middle age, followed by a sharp decline towards the grave.
In 2011, when the country reached 50% urbanisation, it had become obvious that the party's fate rested with the stability of cities and the contentedness of their middle-class residents.
In the group photographs Churchill can be seen depicted through his years alternating between unhappiness and contentedness, reflecting the statesman's varied attitude towards his school years; though he didn't excel at school, he revisited Harrow many times.
Luckily for the Government, however, social sciences, psychology and economics have evolved since Jevons's day and modern-day happiness studies use questions that measure feelings on a sliding scale of contentedness.
Balazova sat in Chapelle's lap, and contentedness seemed to settle in.
There is a placidity and a watchfulness about him, a deep contentedness when feeding, and a braying outrage when his territory is threatened.
The energy and beauty of the film comes from these moments and from its camera's contentedness with languidly resting on the simultaneously innocent and wizened faces and bodies of these not-yet women.
Capitalism may abhor contentedness, but our bodies need us to heed it.
"If a cow is at her maximum health and her maximum contentedness, she's profitable.
