Origin: Germanic
Old English suffix
Closeness has 7 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
"their closeness grew as the night wore on"
2
the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
3
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
"the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
5
characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
6
close or warm friendship
"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
7
The state of being close (all senses)
Example Sentences
"their closeness grew as the night wore on"
noun
"the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
noun
"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
noun
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