Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being commonplace.
Yet, despite the commonplaceness of her appearance, there was one respect in which she stood out from the ordinary: she had light grey eyes, a feature that was unusual in that part of the country.
2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
nounordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Polish pospolitość, powszechność
- pospolitośćTranslations
- powszechnośćTranslations
Swedish trivialitet
- trivialitetTranslations
Cite this entry
commonplaceness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commonplaceness
“commonplaceness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commonplaceness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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