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longingness

longingness noun: the quality of longing or yearning.

Noun

longingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of longing or yearning.

Origin of longingness

From longing + -ness.

Questions about longingness

What does longingness mean?
Longingness means the quality of longing or yearning.
What part of speech is longingness?
Longingness is a noun.

Words near longingness in the dictionary

  1. longing marks
  2. longing off
  3. longing-mark
  4. longing-marks
  5. longingly
  6. longingness
  7. longings
  8. Longinian
  9. Longino
  10. Longinos
  11. longinquity

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