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nearliness

noun

Etymology

From nearly + -ness.

  1. derived from *h₂neḱ-✻ — “to reach”
  2. derived from *nēhwiz✻ — “nearer”
  3. derived from nær — “near”
  4. inherited from nēar — “nearer”
  5. inherited from nere
  6. formed as nearly — “near + -ly”
  7. suffixed as nearliness — “nearly + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of nearly being something, or nearly reaching a point

    The quality of nearly being something, or nearly reaching a point; incomplete state.

    • The beauty of the horizon's distant interstitial line in turn inaccurately replicates the beholding implied by Winnicottian nearliness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nearliness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA