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spreadingness

spreadingness noun: the quality of spreading, or tending to spread.

Noun

spreadingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of spreading, or tending to spread
    • Indeed, the “very cleverness and spreadingness of murder” may have gathered her father within its compass[…].2009 January 18, Art Winslow, “Ordinary Madness”, in New York Times

Origin of spreadingness

From spreading + -ness.

Questions about spreadingness

What does spreadingness mean?
Spreadingness means the quality of spreading, or tending to spread.
What part of speech is spreadingness?
Spreadingness is a noun.

Words near spreadingness in the dictionary

  1. spreading oneself too thin
  2. spreading out
  3. spreading the bed
  4. spreading the word
  5. spreadingly
  6. spreadingness
  7. spreadings
  8. spreadly
  9. spreadmart
  10. spreadmarts
  11. spreadover

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