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okayness

okayness noun: the state or condition of being okay; adequateness, tolerableness.

Noun

okayness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The state or condition of being okay; adequateness, tolerableness.
    • She was too weakened by sickness to assert her okayness at full volume.2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 155

Origin of okayness

From okay + -ness.

Questions about okayness

What does okayness mean?
Okayness means the state or condition of being okay; adequateness, tolerableness.
What part of speech is okayness?
Okayness is a noun.

Words near okayness in the dictionary

  1. okayers
  2. okayest
  3. okaying
  4. okayish
  5. okayly
  6. okayness
  7. okays
  8. okaysies
  9. Okazaki
  10. Okazaki fragment
  11. Okazaki fragments

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