ness
a headland; promontory; cape.
Origin of ness
1Other definitions for -ness (2 of 2)
a native English suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; kindness; obligingness; preparedness.
Origin of -ness
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How to use ness in a sentence
That his face is quite different from mine if you look for anything other than “Asian-ness.”
Rage Against GamerGate’s Hate Machine: What I Got For Speaking Up | Arthur Chu | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis year, the show has even resurrected Eliot ness, seen making a pompous speech to reporters about bringing Capone to justice.
'Boardwalk Empire' Left New Jersey and Lost Its Way | Allen Barra | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow it appears Boardwalk Empire is not only going to feed us more fiction but, with the addition of ness, recycled fiction.
'Boardwalk Empire' Left New Jersey and Lost Its Way | Allen Barra | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was a gay bro, whose gay-ness was probably the most matter-of-fact thing about him.
How 'The Mindy Project' Star Adam Pally Became Hollywood's Go-To 'Bro' | Kevin Fallon | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the same time, playing an animal does require more feral-ness, so to speak.
Motion Capture Maestro Andy Serkis on ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ and Revolutionizing Cinema | Marlow Stern | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
You will be in again this week, she said coaxingly, you can give me ten minutes out of your busy-ness.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterThe boys took the carriage around to the barn and left it in charge of Jack ness, the man of all work.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)The lads ran down to the barn and had Jack ness hitch up a fresh team to a buckboard.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)This really is asking for the "man-ness" of a man, something characteristic of him, and inseparable from him.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)I run across him five years ago in Arizona, where he had been in the stage-robbin' bus'ness.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for ness (1 of 3)
/ (nɛs) /
archaic a promontory or headland
(capital as part of a name): Orford Ness
Origin of ness
1British Dictionary definitions for Ness (2 of 3)
/ (nɛs) /
Loch Ness a lake in NW Scotland, in the Great Glen: said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster. Length: 36 km (22.5 miles). Depth: 229 m (754 ft)
British Dictionary definitions for -ness (3 of 3)
indicating state, condition, or quality, or an instance of one of these: greatness; selfishness; meaninglessness; a kindness
Origin of -ness
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