Rectilinearness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The condition of being rectilinear. uncountable
"And there is a stubbornness of will, an unbending rectilinearness of march, like that of the Norwegian Leming, which cannot comprehend that perils which press from one quarter are not to be met by the same weapons and the same attitude which is appropriate against those which menace from an opposite direction;"
Example
More examples"And there is a stubbornness of will, an unbending rectilinearness of march, like that of the Norwegian Leming, which cannot comprehend that perils which press from one quarter are not to be met by the same weapons and the same attitude which is appropriate against those which menace from an opposite direction;"
Etymology
From rectilinear + -ness.
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