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other-worldliness

other-worldliness is the alternative form of otherworldliness.

Meaning of otherworldliness

Noun

otherworldliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being otherworldly.
    • Nora kept her letter secret from all except Jessie. She did not even tell Mrs. Hurley, though she had taken a fancy for spending a great part of her days with Jim's mother. Mrs. Hurley turned warmly to the girl's new affection for her. Her own daughters, in their otherworldliness, seemed at times...1895, Katharine Tynan, The Way of a Maid, Lawrence and Bullen, page 206
    Synonyms:
    other-worldness

Origin of other-worldliness

From other-worldly + -ness.

Questions about other-worldliness

What is other-worldliness the alternative form of?
Other-worldliness is the alternative form of otherworldliness.

Words near other-worldliness in the dictionary

  1. other-sex
  2. other-sexual
  3. other-space
  4. other-times
  5. other-worldish
  6. other-worldliness
  7. other-worldly
  8. other-worldness
  9. Othera
  10. otherable
  11. otherdimensional

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