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secondariness

secondariness noun: the state of being secondary.

Noun

secondariness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being secondary.
    • To follow all his movements and thoughts as well as she could with wistful secondariness1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son

Origin of secondariness

From secondary + -ness.

Questions about secondariness

What does secondariness mean?
Secondariness means the state of being secondary.
What part of speech is secondariness?
Secondariness is a noun.

Words near secondariness in the dictionary

  1. second-waver
  2. second-wavers
  3. secondable
  4. secondaries
  5. secondarily
  6. secondariness
  7. secondary
  8. secondary accent
  9. secondary accents
  10. secondary action
  11. secondary actions

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