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startlishness

startlishness noun: the quality of being startlish.

Noun

startlishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being startlish.

Origin of startlishness

From startlish + -ness.

Questions about startlishness

What does startlishness mean?
Startlishness means the quality of being startlish.
What part of speech is startlishness?
Startlishness is a noun.

Words near startlishness in the dictionary

  1. startling
  2. startlingly
  3. startlingness
  4. startlings
  5. startlish
  6. startlishness
  7. startlist
  8. startlists
  9. startness
  10. startpoint
  11. startpoints

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