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closeness
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Close·ness
,
n.
The
state
of
being
close
.
Half
stifled
by
the
closeness
of
the
room
.
--
Swift
.
We
rise
not
against
the
piercing
judgment
of
Augustus
,
nor
the
extreme
caution
or
closeness
of
Tiberius
.
--
Bacon
.
An
affectation
of
closeness
and
covetousness
.
--
Addison
.
Syn:
--
Narrowness
;
oppressiveness
;
strictness
;
secrecy
;
compactness
;
conciseness
;
nearness
;
intimacy
;
tightness
;
stinginess
;
literalness
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
closeness
n
1:
a
feeling
of
being
intimate
and
belonging
together
; "
their
closeness
grew
as
the
night
wore
on
" [
syn
:
intimacy
]
2:
the
spatial
property
resulting
from
a
relatively
small
distance
; "
the
sudden
closeness
of
the
dock
sent
him
into
action
" [
syn
:
nearness
] [
ant
:
farness
]
3:
extreme
stinginess
[
syn
:
meanness
,
minginess
,
niggardliness
,
niggardness
,
parsimony
,
parsimoniousness
,
tightness
,
tightfistedness
]
4:
characterized
by
a
lack
of
openness
(
especially
about
one's
actions
or
purposes
) [
syn
:
secretiveness
] [
ant
:
openness
]
5:
close
or
warm
friendship
; "
the
absence
of
fences
created
a
mysterious
intimacy
in
which
no
one
knew
privacy
" [
syn
:
familiarity
,
intimacy
]
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