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waywardnesses

waywardnesses is the plural of waywardness.

Meaning of waywardness

Noun

waywardness (countable and uncountable, plural waywardnesses)

  1. The state or quality of being wayward.
    • He made no offer of molestation or sociability, but kept aloof on one side of the road, jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder, who had now got over his fright and waywardness.1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle...

Questions about waywardnesses

What is waywardnesses the plural of?
Waywardnesses is the plural of waywardness.

Words near waywardnesses in the dictionary

  1. wayward
  2. waywarden
  3. waywardens
  4. waywardly
  5. waywardness
  6. waywardnesses
  7. waywise
  8. waywiser
  9. waywisers
  10. waywod
  11. waywoda

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