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winningness

winningness noun: the quality or state of being winning.

Noun

winningness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being winning.
    • Taylor tried a jape or two as in a campy hootch number for Linda Kent who, for some prankish reason, made her entrance behind an obliging cabbage; but the whole seemed underchoreographed and overdependent upon the winningness of the dancers.1979, High Fidelity Musical America, volume 29, number 2
    • Those who insist on charm, on winningness in style, on subtle harmonies and fine exquisiteness of suggestion, are disappointed in Burke1879, John Morley, Burke

Origin of winningness

From winning + -ness.

Questions about winningness

What does winningness mean?
Winningness means the quality or state of being winning.
What part of speech is winningness?
Winningness is a noun.

Words near winningness in the dictionary

  1. winninger
  2. winningest
  3. Winningham
  4. Winninghams
  5. winningly
  6. winningness
  7. winnings
  8. Winnington
  9. winninish
  10. Winnipeg
  11. Winnipeg couch

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