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grown-up-ness

grown-up-ness is the alternative form of grownupness.

Meaning of grownupness

Noun

grownupness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Adulthood; maturity.
    • Look, the point is, we'll tell them anything we want, and we'll lead our lives any way we want, because we're the ones who will be grownup, and grownupness will work around us, not vice versa.1991, Melanie Thernstrom, The Dead Girl, →ISBN, page 167

Questions about grown-up-ness

What is grown-up-ness the alternative form of?
Grown-up-ness is the alternative form of grownupness.

Words near grown-up-ness in the dictionary

  1. grown ups
  2. grown-ass
  3. grown-up
  4. grown-up point
  5. grown-up points
  6. grown-up-ness
  7. grown-upness
  8. grown-ups
  9. grownd
  10. grownds
  11. growne

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