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phoneyness

phoneyness is the alternative form of phoniness.

Meaning of phoniness

Noun

phoniness (plural phoninesses)

  1. The condition or quality of being phony or fake.
    • The phoniness of his plea could not be concealed.

Origin of phoneyness

From phoney + -ness.

Questions about phoneyness

What is phoneyness the alternative form of?
Phoneyness is the alternative form of phoniness.

Words near phoneyness in the dictionary

  1. phoney-baloney
  2. phoneyed
  3. phoneyed up
  4. phoneying
  5. phoneying up
  6. phoneyness
  7. phoneys
  8. phoneys up
  9. Phong
  10. Phong illumination
  11. Phong interpolation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phoneyness (page history and authors); phoniness (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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