Their propinquity was uncanny, as they'd met only three days ago.
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Propinquity
//pɹəˈpɪŋ.kwɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "propinquity" (95 found)
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Bulgarian
1 entries- сходство noun (affiliation or similarity)
Middle English
1 entries- propinquite noun (affiliation or similarity)
Persian
1 entries- شباهت noun (affiliation or similarity)
Russian
1 entries- родство́ noun (affiliation or similarity)
Spanish
2 entries- projimidad noun (affiliation or similarity)
- propincuidad noun (affiliation or similarity)
Sample sentences
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Some experimental spirits could not resist the diversion of throwing Varick and his former wife together, and there were those who thought he found a zest in the propinquity.
Source: wiktionary
Yet, never before in human history has it been so easy to communicate across long distances. Never before have men been able to maintain intimate and continuing contact with others across thousands of miles; never has intimacy been so independent of spatial propinquity.
Source: wiktionary
Surely, too, it would be a waste of an agent, for after several hours of propinquity I could scarcely fail to recognise him in the future.
Source: wiktionary
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