单词 | patness |
释义 | patness (once / 472773 pages) n WORD FAMILY pat: pated, patly, patness, pats, patted, patting USAGE EXAMPLESBut Mukherjee’s primary bulwark against patness is a piece of formal daring. The New Yorker(Mar 14, 2016) Benjamin Black makes pointed asides about the dullness of Agatha Christie, and about the patness of mystery stories that resolve their loose ends too tidily. New York Times(Aug 13, 2012) The ghastly patness of this unnerved him, but Persis came to the rescue with, "Toasts are out of date." Hughes, Rupert, What Will People Say?—A novel(2011) n timely convenience Syn|Ant|Hyper opportuneness, timeliness inopportuneness, untimeliness the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time convenience the quality of being useful and convenient |
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