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singleness

[sing-guh l-nis]

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noun

the state or quality of being single.

Origin of singleness

First recorded in 1520–30; single + -ness

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for singleness

emptiness, wasteland, wilderness, privacy, isolation, loneliness, solitude, retirement, detachment, confinement, withdrawal, solitariness, quarantine, separateness, waste, seclusion, desert, silence, lonesomeness, individuality

Examples from the Web for singleness

Historical Examples of singleness

This singleness of purpose is well illustrated by a story about the painter Protogenes.
The Legacy of Greece
Various
A man following a buck is governed by a like singleness of purpose.
The Black Wolf Pack
Dan Beard
When singleness attacks division, you know the result beforehand.
White Lies
Charles Reade
And, with a child's singleness of idea, he returned to the marriage.
Long Live the King
Mary Roberts Rinehart
One has the mercenary spirit, the other has singleness of purpose.
The Simple Life
Charles Wagner