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lonely-heartedness

lonely-heartedness noun: the quality of being lonely-hearted.

Noun

lonely-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being lonely-hearted.
    • I tried to believe that tenderness of affection was incompatible with strength of intellect, and that my lonely-heartedness was only the price which I paid for my genius.1849, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, Littell's Living Age - Volume 21, page 283
    • Some traces of lonely-heartedness we find in all his poems, and shall probably find them to the end, although less intensely saddening than in his " Threnody" of " Night and Morning."1861, Macphail, Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, page 109

Origin of lonely-heartedness

From lonely-hearted + -ness.

Questions about lonely-heartedness

What does lonely-heartedness mean?
Lonely-heartedness means the quality of being lonely-hearted.
What part of speech is lonely-heartedness?
Lonely-heartedness is a noun.

Words near lonely-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. lonelinesses
  2. lonely
  3. Lonely Star of Autumn
  4. lonely-heart
  5. lonely-hearted
  6. lonely-heartedness
  7. lonely-hearts
  8. lonelyheart
  9. lonelyhearted
  10. lonelyhearts
  11. loneness

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