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driftingness

Syllables: drift·ing·ness/ˈdɹɪf.tɪŋ.nəs/

driftingness noun: the state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift.

Noun

driftingness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift.
    • They moved, lightly chattering among themselves, with the soft driftingness of the saris they had had to discard in favour of wimples, from beneath which gleamed cow-brown eyes and an occasional jewelled caste mark.1973, Brigid Brophy, The adventures of God in his search for the Black Girl, page 223
    Synonyms:
    obliquation, tralineation

Synonyms of driftingness

Origin of driftingness

From drifting + -ness.

Questions about driftingness

What does driftingness mean?
Driftingness means the state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift.
What part of speech is driftingness?
Driftingness is a noun.
How do you pronounce driftingness?
Driftingness is pronounced /ˈdɹɪf.tɪŋ.nəs/.

Words near driftingness in the dictionary

  1. drifting
  2. drifting along
  3. drifting apart
  4. drifting off
  5. driftingly
  6. driftingness
  7. driftings
  8. driftland
  9. driftlands
  10. driftless
  11. Driftless Area

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