单词 | closeness |
释义 | closeness (once / 4652 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n WORD FAMILY closeness: closenesses+/close: closed, closely, closeness, closer, closes, closest, closing, closure, enclose/closer: closers/closing: closings/closure: closured, closures, closuring/enclose: enclosed, encloses, enclosing, enclosure/enclosed: self-enclosed, unenclosed/enclosure: enclosures USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Abe, in his speech on Tuesday, repeatedly stressed U.S.-Japanese closeness. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) “You can’t find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.” Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Yet today the Dems are in high dudgeon over the closeness of secretary of state nominee, Rex Tillerson, to Vladimir Putin. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) 1 n the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance 2the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper nearness farawayness, farness, remoteness the property of being remote propinquity, proximity the property of being close together adjacency, contiguity, contiguousnessthe attribute of being so near as to be touching distance the property created by the space between two objects or points 1n a feeling of being intimate and belonging together their closeness grew as the night wore on Syn|Hypo|Hyper intimacy togetherness affectionate closeness belonging happiness felt in a secure relationship 2n close or warm friendship 3Syn|Hyper familiarity, intimacy friendliness a friendly disposition n the quality of being close and poorly ventilated 4Syn|Hyper stuffiness quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone n extreme stinginess 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness, tightness littleness, pettiness, smallness lack of generosity in trifling matters miserlinesstotal lack of generosity with money stinginess a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money n characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper secretiveness nakedness, openness characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously unsociability, unsociableness an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship |
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