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liteness

liteness noun: the state or condition of being lite.

Noun

liteness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being lite.
    • 'Liteness' implied 'reduced' in some way […] The 'lite' lagers all lacked origins and history […]1990, Paul Feldwick, Advertising Works 5, page 24
    • […] you talk about "lite urbanism." Later, in an essay from this year that asks "Whatever Happened to Urbanism?," you return to the idea, connecting it to a new, lighter way of thinking about cities. What is "liteness," and how does it relate to Bigness?2019, Christophe van Gerrewey, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, page 304

Origin of liteness

From lite + -ness.

Questions about liteness

What does liteness mean?
Liteness means the state or condition of being lite.
What part of speech is liteness?
Liteness is a noun.

Words near liteness in the dictionary

  1. Litecoin
  2. Litecoins
  3. lited
  4. litel
  5. litell
  6. liteness
  7. Liteni
  8. liter
  9. literacide
  10. literacies
  11. literacy

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