Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retreatingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-treat-ing-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of retreating.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The boldness of these bow-windows and the retreatingness of the roof give the house an appearance which would enable the thousands of Dickens' readers all over the world, who only know it from books, to recognise it at a glance […]"
"On account of his great stature, his extreme slimness, his shyness and retiringness — one might say retreatingness — his ruminant habits, his mildness and his gentleness, and the abnormal length of his neck, I used to call him the giraffe."
"But with all this retreatingness, she is inwardly drawn by his handsome mien; to see him ride by is a love-potion to her […]"

Etymology

From retreating + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: retreating

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does retreatingness mean?: The quality of retreating.
Where does retreatingness come from?: From retreating + -ness.

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