furtherness
furtherness noun: the state, quality, or condition of being further; beyondness; continuation; expanse.
Noun
furtherness (uncountable)
- The state, quality, or condition of being further; beyondness; continuation; expanse.
- The coincidence with its own point-of-space is that digit of time belonging to the myrobolan which, with respect to its own point-of-space, is characterized by a kind of mutation in terms of nearness or furtherness.1914, Vācaspatimiśra Patañjali, The Yoga-system of Patañjali
- I watched the red lights of the taxi fuzz and blur and then vanish in the furtherness of night.2005, Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
Origin of furtherness
From further + -ness.
Questions about furtherness
- What does furtherness mean?
- Furtherness means the state, quality, or condition of being further; beyondness; continuation; expanse.
- What part of speech is furtherness?
- Furtherness is a noun.
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