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gaspingness

gaspingness noun: a gasping quality.

Noun

gaspingness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A gasping quality.
    • “It is a proof before the letter, Mr Powderell—the painter is not known,” answered Trumbull, with a certain gaspingness in his last words, after which he pursed up his lips and stared round him.1872, George Eliot, chapter 60, in Middlemarch, volume 3, page 328
    • It will, I think, be conceded that the rule, so stated, appears very arbitrary to a class; and I suppose that many teachers, like myself, have experienced “a certain gaspingness” in laying it down.1894, F. Morley, “Three Notes on Permutations”, in Bulletin of the New York Mathematical Society, volume 3, page 142

Origin of gaspingness

From gasping + -ness.

Questions about gaspingness

What does gaspingness mean?
Gaspingness means a gasping quality.
What part of speech is gaspingness?
Gaspingness is a noun.

Words near gaspingness in the dictionary

  1. gaspiest
  2. gaspiness
  3. gasping
  4. gasping disease
  5. gaspingly
  6. gaspingness
  7. gaspings
  8. gaspipe
  9. gaspipes
  10. gasproof
  11. gasps

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