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distancy rare.|ˈdɪstənsɪ|
[ad. L. distāntia distance: see -ancy.]
†1. Disagreement, difference. Obs.
1628T. Spencer Logick 68 Dissenteth. This word..signifieth a distancy, arising from a varietie.
†2. Distantness in space. Obs.
1642H. More Song of Soul iii. ii. vi. (R.), Even absent things may be seen by phantasie; By sense things present at a distancie. 1647― Philos. Poems, Infin. Worlds xxxix, There is a distancy In empty space.
3. Distantness in manner.
1836Rand. Recoll. Ho. Lords xiii. 277 A certain distancy and reservedness. 1883Chamb. Jrnl. 690 He hid his feelings under the habitual mask of stolid distancy. |