Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oneliness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: one-li-ness
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being one or single.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If I may be allowed to use a word already forced by the poverty of our abstract language upon a well-known writer, I would say that the doctrine of unity contains the ideas both of oneliness, and of oneness."
"Wherefore it is manifest that such an idea of God as we have declared, including unity, oneliness, and singularity in it, is a thing which the ancient Atheists, under the times of paganism, were not unacquainted with, but principally directed their force against."
"It must be confessed that here the argument à posteriori fails us. Even the oneness, or rather 'Oneliness' of God cannot be thus inferred."

Etymology

From onely + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: onely

Usage

Questions

What does oneliness mean?: The state of being one or single.
Where does oneliness come from?: From onely + -ness.

How to pronounce oneliness

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