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marriedness

marriedness noun: the quality of being, or seeming, married.

Noun

marriedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being, or seeming, married.
    • Impatience had crossed your face so firmly that I had known, in that instant, that now we were actually a kind of married, and that our marriedness was probably making your real relationship more palatable.2008, Ali Smith, The first person and other stories
    • I couldn't stand the sterile marriedness of it. I make sure I don't always sleep on the same side of Jonathan's bed when I stay over. I don't want ritual or routine in a relationship.2011, Lily King, Father of the Rain, page 140

Origin of marriedness

From married + -ness.

Questions about marriedness

What does marriedness mean?
Marriedness means the quality of being, or seeming, married.
What part of speech is marriedness?
Marriedness is a noun.

Words near marriedness in the dictionary

  1. married the gunner's daughter
  2. married the ketchup
  3. married the ketchups
  4. married up
  5. marriedly
  6. marriedness
  7. marrieds
  8. marriedst
  9. marrier
  10. marriers
  11. marries

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