spreadingness

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noun

The quality of spreading, or tending to spread

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Meanings

nounspreadingness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of spreading, or tending to spread

    Indeed, the “very cleverness and spreadingness of murder” may have gathered her father within its compass[…].

    2009 January 18, Art Winslow, “Ordinary Madness”, in New York Times

Origin

From spreading + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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