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almostness

almostness noun: the quality of almost being something, or almost reaching a point; incomplete state.

Noun

almostness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of almost being something, or almost reaching a point; incomplete state.
    • The situation of beauty described here in the most abstract possible way involves a striking, we might almost say teasing, almostness: the object is a form, not a sensation or representation; it tickles reflexivity[…]1997, Henry Sussman, The aesthetic contract
    • Each body is in this sense two bodies […] or a kind of double helix where two opposite sides of one ribbon touch and describe a circle of time and space, a here and now, an entry into worldness. Or, rather, in the case of the animate human body, almost touch, almost close into a circle, and this...2009, Carol E. Henderson, America and the black body

Origin of almostness

From almost + -ness.

Questions about almostness

What does almostness mean?
Almostness means the quality of almost being something, or almost reaching a point; incomplete state.
What part of speech is almostness?
Almostness is a noun.

Words near almostness in the dictionary

  1. almost split sequence
  2. almost split sequences
  3. almost standards mode
  4. almost surely
  5. almoste
  6. almostness
  7. almosts
  8. almotriptan
  9. almoxatone
  10. Almquist
  11. Almquists

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