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distantness

distantness noun: the state or quality of being distant or remote.

Noun

distantness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being distant or remote.
    • Back then, her distantness seemed dreamy. Romantic, even.2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 190

Origin of distantness

From distant + -ness.

Questions about distantness

What does distantness mean?
Distantness means the state or quality of being distant or remote.
What part of speech is distantness?
Distantness is a noun.

Words near distantness in the dictionary

  1. distantiates
  2. distantiating
  3. distantiation
  4. distantiations
  5. distantly
  6. distantness
  7. distants
  8. distarch
  9. DiStasio
  10. DiStasios
  11. distaste

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