Fullness
['fʊlnɪs] or ['fʊlnəs]
Definition
(noun.) the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; 'the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall'; 'the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness'; 'he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance'.
(noun.) greatness of volume.
(noun.) the condition of being filled to capacity.
Checker: Maryann--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness.
Typed by Eddie
Examples
- She always envied, almost with resentment, the strange positive fullness that subsisted in the atmosphere around Ursula and Birkin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As he does so, the tears roll down his cheeks, in the fullness of his joy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The work cannot claim the authority of a text-book, the fullness of a history, nor the exactness of a technical treatise. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some stringed instruments give forth tones which are clear and sweet, but withal thin and lacking in richness and fullness. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the fullness of time the ship was ready to receive her passengers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Moreover, in their fullness they represent the concentration and consummation of elements of good which are otherwise scattered and incomplete. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Best be quiet, and bear one's soul in patience and in fullness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She sat in a fullness and a pure potency that was like apathy, mindless and immobile. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They had not yet tried beer with so much fullness as other articles, but about nine months ago a small quantity was treated and left exposed to the air, with only a loose stopper of cotton wool. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He knew her darkly, with the fullness of dark knowledge. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Maisie