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groundliness

groundliness noun: the quality of being groundly.

Noun

groundliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being groundly.
    • This concerns the quality of plans, i.e. their groundliness and balanced character, the quality of managerial work, from the primary links of the production mechanism to the national economic bodies, […]1976, The Daily Review, volume 22, page 2

Origin of groundliness

From groundly + -ness.

Questions about groundliness

What does groundliness mean?
Groundliness means the quality of being groundly.
What part of speech is groundliness?
Groundliness is a noun.

Words near groundliness in the dictionary

  1. groundless
  2. groundlessly
  3. groundlessness
  4. groundline
  5. groundlines
  6. groundliness
  7. groundling
  8. groundlings
  9. groundlubber
  10. groundlubbers
  11. groundly

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