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abruptnesses

abruptnesses is the plural of abruptness.

Meaning of abruptness

Noun

abruptness (usually uncountable, plural abruptnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being abrupt or broken
  2. (usually) Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
    • So be neither diffuse with damp and slippery words nor blunt the edge of your discourse by abruptness of style. Study in particular the purest period of style, that those who move only to Ciceronian rhythm call you not a Celt.1853-6, Thomas Browne, To a friend intending a difficult work
    Synonyms:
    spontaneity

Questions about abruptnesses

What is abruptnesses the plural of?
Abruptnesses is the plural of abruptness.

Words near abruptnesses in the dictionary

  1. abruptive
  2. abruptively
  3. abruptly
  4. abruptly-pinnate
  5. abruptness
  6. abruptnesses
  7. abrupts
  8. Abruzzese
  9. Abruzzeses
  10. Abruzzi
  11. Abruzzi Apennines

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