ENTIRENESS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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| | Definition: | | [n] the state of being total; "appalled by the totality of the destruction" |
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| | Synonyms: | | entirety, totality |
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| | See Also: | | completeness, full treatment, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, whole caboodle, whole kit, whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, whole works, works | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*tire"ness\, n.
1. The state or condition of being entire; completeness;
fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a
bridge.
This same entireness or completeness. --Trench.
2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.]
Entireness in preaching the gospel. --Udall.
3. Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or
close association. [Obs.]
True Christian love may be separated from
acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness.
--Bp. Hall.
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