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vastnesses

vastnesses is the plural of vastness.

Meaning of vastness

Noun

vastness (countable and uncountable, plural vastnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being vast.
    • He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  2. (countable) Something vast.
    • He had a feeling that he was lost in the vastness of a huge forest.1932, The Magnet - Bunter's Night Out

Questions about vastnesses

What is vastnesses the plural of?
Vastnesses is the plural of vastness.

Words near vastnesses in the dictionary

  1. vastitude
  2. vastitudes
  3. vastity
  4. vastly
  5. vastness
  6. vastnesses
  7. vastoadductor
  8. vastrap
  9. vastraps
  10. vasts
  11. vastu

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