Retreatingness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Retreatingness is a noun meaning The quality of retreating.
Meaning
The quality of retreating.
Example Sentences
But with all this retreatingness, she is inwardly drawn by his handsome mien; to see him ride by is a love-potion to her […]
The boldness of these bow-windows and the retreatingness of the roof give the house an appearance which would enable the thousands of Dickens' readers all over the world, who only know it from books, to recognise it at a glance […]
On account of his great stature, his extreme slimness, his shyness and retiringness — one might say retreatingness — his ruminant habits, his mildness and his gentleness, and the abnormal length of his neck, I used to call him the giraffe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retiringness, withdrawingness, retiredness, retractiveness, reclusiveness, retractability.
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