momentousness
/mə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəsnəs/
momentousness noun: the quality of being momentous.
Noun
momentousness (uncountable)
- The quality of being momentous.
- There's a scene near the end in which our ensemble receives some wholesome wisdom from a woman selling balloons in the park, portrayed by Angela Lansbury. Her presence and the momentousness appended to it make no sense, because this role was very clearly conceived for Julie Andrews, who wanted no...2018 December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the Calculated Mary Poppins Returns Go Down”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 24 May 2019
Origin of momentousness
From momentous + -ness.
Questions about momentousness
- What does momentousness mean?
- Momentousness means the quality of being momentous.
- What part of speech is momentousness?
- Momentousness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce momentousness?
- Momentousness is pronounced /mə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəsnəs/.
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