Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

howness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: how-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Because every being is determined by the what and the how and is unveiled as a being in its whatness and howness, its being-what and being-how, the copula is necessarily ambiguous."

Etymology

From how + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: how

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does howness mean?: The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.
Where does howness come from?: From how + -ness.

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