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nearlyness

nearlyness is the alternative spelling of nearliness.

Meaning of nearliness

Noun

nearliness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of nearly being something, or nearly reaching a point; incomplete state.
    • The beauty of the horizon's distant interstitial line in turn inaccurately replicates the beholding implied by Winnicottian nearliness.2014, Mikko Tuhkanen, Leo Bersani: Queer Theory and Beyond

Origin of nearlyness

From nearly + -ness.

Questions about nearlyness

What is nearlyness the alternative spelling of?
Nearlyness is the alternative spelling of nearliness.

Words near nearlyness in the dictionary

  1. nearly men
  2. nearly never bulled a cow
  3. nearly never won the race
  4. nearly-dead
  5. nearly-deads
  6. nearlyness
  7. nearlywed
  8. nearlyweds
  9. nearmost
  10. nearnative
  11. nearness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nearlyness (page history and authors); nearliness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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