much of a muchness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Of two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.
Example Sentences
- "As to any existing dearth of materials for comedy, I hold it to be merely imaginary; for I believe that on a fair comparison, the manners and morals of the present age and those of the past, would prove much of a muchness."
- "“He was not,” answered a juror. “Old Peter Goodwin could not have been more than five feet five, and Dorothy was all of that, I should think. When they came to meeting together, they looked much of a muchness.”"
- "Nonsense! Every man thinks the girl he wants to marry different from every other. But she's nothing of the kind. Women are very much of a muchness, especially the pretty ones. I have not patience with this ranting about the equality of the sexes, It is not only irreligious but vulgar."
- "In fact, he said, in spite of all efforts to lift the popular taste, things were much of a muchness with the old days when in popular novels the villain, had to be foiled, the hero had to triumph and the lovers had to be united."
- "Private houses in London are apt to be much of a muchness. The door opens on a dark hall; from the dark hall rises a narrow staircase; off the landing opens a double drawing-room, and in this double drawing-room are two sofas on each side of a blazing fire, six armchairs, and three long windows giving upon the street."
- "The songs are much of a muchness (or littleness), all sounding forgettably alike."