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appositenesses

appositenesses is the plural of appositeness.

Meaning of appositeness

Noun

appositeness (usually uncountable, plural appositenesses)

  1. (usually) the state of being apposite
    • There is a want of appositeness and accuracy in the first sentence of this extract, which renders it somewhat difficult to determine whether the author designed it as a single proposition, or as a series of independent propositions.1840, Abel Upshur, A Brief Enquiry into the Nature and Character of our Federal Government, Campbell, page 62

Questions about appositenesses

What is appositenesses the plural of?
Appositenesses is the plural of appositeness.

Words near appositenesses in the dictionary

  1. apposes
  2. apposing
  3. apposite
  4. appositely
  5. appositeness
  6. appositenesses
  7. apposites
  8. appositio
  9. apposition
  10. appositional
  11. appositionally

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