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closeness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Closeness \Close"ness\, n. The state of being close Half stifled by the closeness of the room --Swift. We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. --Bacon. An affectation of closeness and covetousness. --Addison. Syn: Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy; compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness; stinginess; literalness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: closeness n 1: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: {intimacy}] 2: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action" [syn: {nearness}] [ant: {farness}] 3: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess}, {niggardliness}, {niggardness}, {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness}] 4: characterized by a lack of openness esp about one's actions or purposes [syn: {secretiveness}] [ant: {openness}] 5: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn: {familiarity}, {intimacy}]
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