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halfness

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Etymology

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From half +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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halfness (usually uncountable, plural halfnesses)

  1. The quality of being half; incompleteness.
    • 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation:
      As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.

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