Meanings
noundreaminess (usually uncountable, plural dreaminesses)
plural dreaminesses
- uncountableusuallyThe characteristic of being dreamy.
There was a dreaminess, a pre-occupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 31
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dreaminess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreaminess
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“dreaminess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreaminess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dreaminess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dreaminess.
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