downwardnesses

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A form of downwardness — The quality of being or going downward.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of downwardness

    Its very downwardnesses are themselves conditions of its succeeding upwardnesses, its silences and evasions of its communications and confessions.

    1922, The Sewanee Review, Volume 30
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APA

downwardnesses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downwardnesses

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“downwardnesses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downwardnesses. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downwardnesses,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downwardnesses.

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