thingliness

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noun

The quality of being thingly.

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Meanings

nounthingliness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being thingly.

    The wrinkly recursiveness of her language seems lodged at the layer of consciousness itself, where Moore demands readers’ attention to the innate thingliness of words.

    2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times

Origin

From thingly + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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