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explicitnesses

explicitnesses is the plural of explicitness.

Meaning of explicitness

Noun

explicitness (usually uncountable, plural explicitnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or characteristic of being explicit.
    • Despite their careless scholarship and a less tangible quality that some would call a tin ear for poetry, Morris Halle and S. J. Keyser, as metrists, have the considerable virtue of explicitness.1973, Thomas Cable, “A Garland of Pomposities: Comment on Halle-Keyser Prosody”, in College English, volume 34, number 4, page 593

Questions about explicitnesses

What is explicitnesses the plural of?
Explicitnesses is the plural of explicitness.

Words near explicitnesses in the dictionary

  1. explicitized
  2. explicitizes
  3. explicitizing
  4. explicitly
  5. explicitness
  6. explicitnesses
  7. explicits
  8. explicted
  9. explodability
  10. explodable
  11. explode

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