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rushingness

rushingness noun: the quality of being rushing.

Noun

rushingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being rushing.
    • […] there you saw the squirrel, half tamed, beneath the nearest tree; and aloft, with its peculiar rushingness of wing, you heard the flight of the scarce-seen ring-dove.1833, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal (part 2, page 436)

Origin of rushingness

From rushing + -ness.

Questions about rushingness

What does rushingness mean?
Rushingness means the quality of being rushing.
What part of speech is rushingness?
Rushingness is a noun.

Words near rushingness in the dictionary

  1. rushing off
  2. rushing one's fences
  3. rushing out
  4. rushing to judgement
  5. rushingly
  6. rushingness
  7. rushings
  8. Rushins
  9. rushist
  10. rushists
  11. Rushkoff

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