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meannesses

meannesses is the plural of meanness.

Meaning of meanness

Noun

meanness (countable and uncountable, plural meannesses)

  1. (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)
    • This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.1705, J[oseph] Addison, “Florence”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. (countable) A mean act.
    • There are enough meannesses in everyone — ourselves included — to make for us a contemptible world, if we select the meannesses and let our minds dwell upon them.1908, The World's Work, volume 16, page 10497

Questions about meannesses

What is meannesses the plural of?
Meannesses is the plural of meanness.

Words near meannesses in the dictionary

  1. meanliest
  2. meanling
  3. meanlings
  4. meanly
  5. meanness
  6. meannesses
  7. means
  8. means business
  9. means everything to
  10. Means grass
  11. means of exchange

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