Rushingness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being rushing. uncountable

    "[…] there you saw the squirrel, half tamed, beneath the nearest tree; and aloft, with its peculiar rushingness of wing, you heard the flight of the scarce-seen ring-dove."

Example

More examples

"[…] there you saw the squirrel, half tamed, beneath the nearest tree; and aloft, with its peculiar rushingness of wing, you heard the flight of the scarce-seen ring-dove."

Etymology

From rushing + -ness.

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