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grown-upness

grown-upness 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-upness

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

Words near grown-upness in the dictionary

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

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