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astoundingness

astoundingness noun: the quality of being astounding.

Noun

astoundingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being astounding.
    • Klauser defended himself in but a jumbled way. He could plead only the comparative astoundingness of the fact that Rodman Harvey should have been found at his place of business at that hour.1883, William Henry Bishop, chapter 2, in The House of a Merchant Prince, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, page 23
    • The astoundingness of the episode had shaken him violently out of his groove.1909, Arnold Bennett, chapter 34, in The Glimpse: An Adventure of the Soul, London: Chapman & Hall, page 277

Origin of astoundingness

From astounding + -ness.

Questions about astoundingness

What does astoundingness mean?
Astoundingness means the quality of being astounding.
What part of speech is astoundingness?
Astoundingness is a noun.

Words near astoundingness in the dictionary

  1. astounders
  2. astoundest
  3. astoundeth
  4. astounding
  5. astoundingly
  6. astoundingness
  7. astoundment
  8. astounds
  9. ASTQB
  10. astr
  11. astr-

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