vitalness

vi·tal  (vtl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of life: See Synonyms at living.

2. Necessary to the continuation of life; life-sustaining: a vital organ; vital nutrients.

3. Full of life; animated: "The population of the teeming, vital slum . . . declined" Rick Hampson.

4. Imparting life or animation; invigorating: the sun's vital rays.

5. Necessary to continued existence or effectiveness; essential: "Irrigation was vital to early civilization" William H. McNeill. "A vital component of any democracy is a free labor movement" Bayard Rustin.

6. Concerned with or recording data pertinent to lives: vital records.

7. Biology Used or done on a living cell or tissue: vital dyes; vital staining.

8. Destructive to life; fatal: a vital injury.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vtlis, from vta, life; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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vital·ly adv.

vital·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vitalness - the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without indispensability, indispensableness essentiality, essentialness - basic importance
	2.	vitalness - the quality of being essential to maintain life essentiality, essentialness - basic importance