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distinctnesses

distinctnesses is the plural of distinctness.

Meaning of distinctness

Noun

distinctness (usually uncountable, plural distinctnesses)

  1. (usually) The property or degree of being distinct.
    • In New York a Bohemian criminal is such a rarity that the case of two firebugs of several years ago is remembered with damaging distinctness.1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Bohemians—Tenement-house Cigarmaking”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 137

Questions about distinctnesses

What is distinctnesses the plural of?
Distinctnesses is the plural of distinctness.

Words near distinctnesses in the dictionary

  1. distinctives
  2. distinctivity
  3. distinctlier
  4. distinctly
  5. distinctness
  6. distinctnesses
  7. distinctor
  8. distinctors
  9. distinctual
  10. distinctually
  11. distincture

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