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wambliness

wambliness noun: the quality or state of being wambly.

Noun

wambliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being wambly.
    • By rights 'tis the dooty of Churdles Ash, but he'm an ancient piece wi'out gert store o' words best o' times, an' none for a moment such as this; so he've axed me to speak instead, 'cause it do bring him a wambliness of the innards to do or say ought as may draw the public upon un.1900, Eden Phillpotts, Sons of the Morning
    • It is the smooth motion of a sheeled stretcher, the tiny prick of pain to do battle against the avalanche of pain, the sense of support and care in the team of doctors and nurses gathering around your problem; it is the bliss of terror of anesthesia, and the stern salvation of surgery, and the...1967 April, Karl A. Olsson, “What Is a Hospital”, in Barnes Hospital Bulletin, volume 21, number 4

Origin of wambliness

From wambly + -ness.

Questions about wambliness

What does wambliness mean?
Wambliness means the quality or state of being wambly.
What part of speech is wambliness?
Wambliness is a noun.

Words near wambliness in the dictionary

  1. wamble-cropped
  2. wambled
  3. wambles
  4. wamblier
  5. wambliest
  6. wambliness
  7. wambling
  8. wamblingly
  9. wamblings
  10. wambly
  11. Wamboin

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