in-ness
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being fashionable.
the in-ness of his new wardrobe.
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the state or quality of being part of a select or exclusive group.
her in-ness with the literary crowd.
Example Sentences
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Working with the editor Andrei Bogdanov, Mr. Faraut creates montages of Mr. McEnroe’s hopping into a backhand, over and over, of his dam-bursting tirades about the in-ness and out-ness of balls on the clay court.
From New York Times
Oh to know the "in-ness" of the Holy Ghost.
From Project Gutenberg
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