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personalness

personalness noun: the state of being personal.

Noun

personalness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being personal
    • As the mutual education of marriage is an individual affair,--as the more individualness, the more personalness there is in the relation is what the relation itself is for, the mutual education of employers and employees is going to be found to have more meaning, value and power, the more...1920, Gerald Stanley Lee, The Ghost in the White House
    • Not the least part of the charm of this museum is the fact that it is not of great size, and that one may consequently visit it without fatigue; but the chief fascination of the place is the dramatic personalness of its exhibits.1917, Julian Street, American Adventures

Origin of personalness

From personal + -ness.

Questions about personalness

What does personalness mean?
Personalness means the state of being personal.
What part of speech is personalness?
Personalness is a noun.

Words near personalness in the dictionary

  1. personally
  2. personally attack
  3. personally attacked
  4. personally attacking
  5. personally attacks
  6. personalness
  7. personals
  8. personalties
  9. personalty
  10. personalzine
  11. personalzines

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