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rearwardness

rearwardness noun: quality of being rearward.

Noun

rearwardness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being rearward.

Origin of rearwardness

From rearward + -ness.

Questions about rearwardness

What does rearwardness mean?
Rearwardness means quality of being rearward.
What part of speech is rearwardness?
Rearwardness is a noun.

Words near rearwardness in the dictionary

  1. rearview mirrors
  2. rearviews
  3. rearward
  4. rearwardly
  5. rearwardmost
  6. rearwardness
  7. rearwards
  8. reas
  9. reascend
  10. reascendance
  11. reascendancy

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