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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, act, or intention. uncountable

   "there is difference as to the Necessity of the Determination, as well as to the Primariness of it"

Example

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"there is difference as to the Necessity of the Determination, as well as to the Primariness of it"

Etymology

From primary + -ness.

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