Wideness

//ˈwaɪdnəs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being wide. archaic, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    unusual largeness in size or extent or number wordnet
  3. 3
    Large extent or expanse; breadth, broadness. archaic, uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    the property of being wide; having great width wordnet

Synonyms

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amplitudebeambreadthbroadnessenormousnessenormousness

Example

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"No one can approach him in wideness of knowledge."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wydnesse, from Old English wīdnes (“width, wideness”), equivalent to wide + -ness.

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