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worldlinesses

worldlinesses is the plural of worldliness.

Meaning of worldliness

Noun

worldliness (countable and uncountable, plural worldlinesses)

  1. The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.
    • There was a coarseness in the one which revolted the almost fastidious delicacy of the other; and Lady Marchmont, full of poetry, touched with romance and sentiment, had nothing in common with the harsh and hard worldliness of Lady Mary; […]1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 186

Questions about worldlinesses

What is worldlinesses the plural of?
Worldlinesses is the plural of worldliness.

Words near worldlinesses in the dictionary

  1. worldlike
  2. worldlily
  3. worldline
  4. worldlines
  5. worldliness
  6. worldlinesses
  7. worldling
  8. worldlings
  9. worldly
  10. worldly wise
  11. worldly-wise

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