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wideness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wideness has 2 senses
- wideness(n = noun.attribute) broadness - the property of being wide; having great width; Array is a kind of breadth, width
- wideness(n = noun.attribute) enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness - unusual largeness in size or extent or number; Array is a kind of bigness, largeness
has particulars: heaviness, thickness
Antonym: narrowness
Derived form adjective wide1
has particulars: enormity
Derived forms adjective wide6, adjective wide2, adjective wide4, adjective wide5
CIDE DICTIONARY
wideness, n.
- The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room. Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as, the wideness of the sea or ocean. [1913 Webster]
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