Awayness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism. uncountable
"It was the awayness of it that first attracted me to the place. The vast awayness from what I had called home up till the time I first stayed there — that was what made me decide to settle for good at Miss Carruthers's."
- 2 the state of being elsewhere than in particular place wordnet
Example
More examples"It was the awayness of it that first attracted me to the place. The vast awayness from what I had called home up till the time I first stayed there — that was what made me decide to settle for good at Miss Carruthers's."
Etymology
From away + -ness.
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