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tight-lippedness

tight-lippedness noun: the state of being tight-lipped.

Noun

tight-lippedness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being tight-lipped.

Origin of tight-lippedness

From tight-lipped + -ness.

Questions about tight-lippedness

What does tight-lippedness mean?
Tight-lippedness means the state of being tight-lipped.
What part of speech is tight-lippedness?
Tight-lippedness is a noun.

Words near tight-lippedness in the dictionary

  1. tight-head
  2. tight-heads
  3. tight-knit
  4. tight-laced
  5. tight-lipped
  6. tight-lippedness
  7. tight-rope
  8. tight-rope walking
  9. tight-rope-walk
  10. tight-rope-walked
  11. tight-rope-walking

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