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immediateness|ɪˈmiːdɪətnɪs|
[f. immediate + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being immediate; immediacy; directness (of action, thought, relation, etc.); absolute (or in loose use, relative) proximity in time or place.
1633Ames Agst. Cerem. ii. 298 Let any man looke..and he shall finde, that (merit, necessitie, and immediatnesse set a part) significant Ceremonies are externall acts of religious worship. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. (1711) III. 141 The immediateness, the inwardness of his Essential Presence and Union with the Soul. 1704― Ideal World ii. v. 283 The immediateness of the perception. 1863J. G. Murphy Comm. Gen. xli. 32 The certainty and immediateness of the event. 1882Stevenson New Arab. Nts. (1884) 229 The immediateness of our peril. |