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inlandness

inlandness noun: the quality of being inland.

Noun

inlandness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being inland.
    • For it must be confessed that there are minds in this world which are too shallow to be violently stirred, either by good or ill. They dwell in a recess of the bay. The storms of life sweep overhead and leave them quite untouched. [...] They are sheltered by their own inlandness.1900, George Matheson, Sidelights from Patmos, pages 62–63
    • Their being from the West, their “inlandness,” has been their protection before, for they still try to abide by the more charitable view of human relations that developed out of the sense of community in Ontauk.1974, Barbara McKenzie, The Process of Fiction: Contemporary Stories and Criticism

Examples of inlandness in a sentence

  • The pronounced inlandness of the Caribou Eskimos is thus seen to have developed over two centuries, depending substantially on the acquisition of firearms.1975, Eugene Yuji Arima, A contextual study of the Caribou Eskimo kayak, page 221:
  • I can now see Miss Sjolin’s point about Ohio—its inlandness.1981, The New Yorker, volume 56, page 86:
  • From what we have already discussed about the Highlands sites, the ‘inlandness’ of Panakiwuk and Balof 2, respectively 4 km and 2 km from the coast, can only be considered trifling.1993, Matthew Spriggs, A Community of Culture: The People and Prehistory of the Pacific, page 144:

Origin of inlandness

From inland + -ness.

Questions about inlandness

What does inlandness mean?
Inlandness means the quality of being inland.
How do you use inlandness in a sentence?
The pronounced inlandness of the Caribou Eskimos is thus seen to have developed over two centuries, depending substantially on the acquisition of firearms.
What part of speech is inlandness?
Inlandness is a noun.

Words near inlandness in the dictionary

  1. inland taipan
  2. inland taipans
  3. inlander
  4. inlanders
  5. inlandish
  6. inlandness
  7. inlands
  8. inlane
  9. inlanes
  10. inlapidate
  11. inlapidated

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