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reposefulness

reposefulness noun: quality of being reposeful.

Noun

reposefulness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being reposeful.
    • The swimmer who is an expert does not exhibit his muscular force by violent movements, but exhibits some power which is invisible and which shows itself in perfect grace and reposefulness.1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan, page 128

Origin of reposefulness

From reposeful + -ness.

Questions about reposefulness

What does reposefulness mean?
Reposefulness means quality of being reposeful.
What part of speech is reposefulness?
Reposefulness is a noun.

Words near reposefulness in the dictionary

  1. reposedly
  2. reposedness
  3. reposedst
  4. reposeful
  5. reposefully
  6. reposefulness
  7. reposer
  8. reposers
  9. reposes
  10. reposest
  11. reposeth

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