Nearness
['nɪrnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; 'the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action'.
Inputed by Cecile--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.
Editor: Sonya
Examples
- There is something even awful in the nearness it brings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But tonight every fibre in her body shrank from Lily's nearness: it was torture to listen to her breathing, and feel the sheet stir with it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The nearness of this place to London was such, as to take away the idea of painful separation, when we quitted Raymond and Perdita. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Its nearness was such that, notwithstanding its actual smallness, its glow infinitely transcended theirs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- For such summer dreams it was too late; but surely not for a quiet harvest of friendship, of comradeship, in the blessed hush of her nearness. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They looked at each other and laughed, frightened by this naked nearness of isolation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The stir of the pulses which his nearness always caused was increased by a slight sense of constraint. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Even the civil war that had begun in the British colonies in America did not rouse him to the nearness of what we now call Democracy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She stayed on partly for the comfort of Gerty Farish's nearness, and partly for lack of knowing where to go. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Their eyes met, and for a second she trembled again with the nearness of the temptation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typist: Ruben