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Definition of Awayness
1. Noun. The state of being elsewhere than in particular place.
Definition of Awayness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being away; distance; remoteness; absence; absenteeism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Awayness
1. the state of being distant [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Awayness
Literary usage of Awayness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1904)
"... London of Fox and Burke, and whether in the midst of all this familiarity
there is not a certain far- awayness that destroys the illusion of reality. ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. awayness (rare); spec, non- attendance, nonappearance, cut (colloq.). Antonyms:
see PRESENCE, ATTENDANCE. t. See ABSENT-MINDEDNESS. ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... above all,—for this was worst and most shameful,— to scorn the sense of
loneliness and far-awayness that came rolling in ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"... above all,— for this was worst and most shameful,—to scorn the sense of
loneliness and far-awayness that came rolling in on her out of the desert like a ..."
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