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Examples of ness in a Sentence
from atop the ness, there was a beautiful view of the coastline as it stretched for miles into the distance
the little skiff rounded the tip of the ness
Recent Examples of ness from the Web
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When Riley’s words thundered from the throne in righteous pissed-off-ness.
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The message: blackness does not equate to attractiveness, and therefore my mixed-ness puts me higher on the white cis beauty hierarchy than a black woman with parents who are both black.
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Lena Waithe On Being An Artist In The Time of Trump (January 18, 2017) The Master of None actor on her Africa-Chicago-L.A. hyphen-ness.
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The shadowless-ness effect is not just eerie and hypnotic, but a thoughtful reflection on peace and death: visitors will quietly walk through the aisle to take a seat at one of the pews.
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Party labels were shattered as lawmakers united around their common humanity and American-ness, and celebrated individual qualities – such as the heroism of two Capitol Police who helped bring down the shooter and were themselves injured.
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The original had a little more overall depth of savoriness (hello, MSG), while the American version was brighter, with more pronounced lemony-ness.
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But sometime after World War II the Southern-ness of Baltimore began thinning out like the quality of rye whiskey.
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But was your essential lemon-ness compromised by your appearance?
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Origin and Etymology of ness
Middle English nasse, from Old English næss; akin to Old English nasu nose — more at nose
Other Geology Terms
anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
-ness
Definition of -ness
: state : condition : quality : degree goodness
Origin and Etymology of -ness
Middle English -nes, from Old English; akin to Old High German -nissa -ness
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Definition of -ness for Students
: state : condition goodness sickness
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