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Definition of Halfness
1. n. The quality of being half; incompleteness.
Definition of Halfness
1. Noun. The quality of being half; incompleteness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halfness
1. the state of being half [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfness
Literary usage of Halfness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Air-line to Liberty: A Prospectus for All Nations by Gerald Stanley Lee (1918)
"... NO halfness, NO HEMMING AND HAWING, NO TWIDDLING WITH PEACE THE reader will
remember perhaps that I have assumed all along since the first chapter that ..."
2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1870)
"Dionysius was one of those moderate natures who in their halfness strive for fame
... And such a result is natural, for the halfness allows only itself to ..."
3. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered by Hans Driesch (1908)
"We may describe the " wholeness," " halfness," or ... by minus y, then there is
wanting half of the intimate structure; and this halfness of the intimate ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1872)
"Every true movement, every true development must have stages. Their " halfness "
was not half-heartedness. They * The resolutions arc already printed in Dr. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"With the trifling exception of the stratagems of a few beasts and birds, there
is no seeming, no halfness in Nature, until the appearance of man. ..."
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