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openness|ˈəʊp(ə)nnɪs|
[f. open a. + -ness.]
1. The quality or condition of being open; unclosed, unenclosed, uncovered, unsheltered, or unobstructed condition; exposedness, etc.
1530Palsgr. 249/2 Opynnesse, ovuerture. 1577Harrison England i. x. in Holinshed I. 26/2 There is nothing to be discommended in this ryuer, but the openesse thereof..to the weather. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xv. iv. (1620) 507 Mans opennesse to aduersity. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. ii. 309 Aided by the openness of the woods. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 239 The openness of the fields makes this improvement impracticable or unprofitable. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms s.v. Notation, Ut was also changed to Do for the sake of the openness of the vowel.
b. The condition of being open to impressions or ideas.
1671J. Burnyeat Jrnl. in Friends' Library xi. 144, I found a great openness in the country [Virginia], and had several blessed meetings. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 41 [That] which..clogs their intellectual energy and mental openness.
2. Absence of dissimulation, secrecy, or reserve; frankness, candour, sincerity.
1611Shakes. Cymb. i. vi. 88 Deliuer with more opennesse your answeres To my demands. 1711Addison Spect. No. 119 ⁋2 An unconstrained Carriage, and a certain Openness of Behaviour, are the Height of Good-breeding. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 669 [Chicasaws] have an openness in their countenances and behaviour, uncommon among savages. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. xi. 308 There is an apparent openness in the speech, which gives a favourable idea of the man. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 115 He considers openness to be the best policy.
3. Of weather: Absence of frost; † freedom from cloud, clearness (obs.).
1611Cotgr., Serenité, serenitie, cleerenesse,..calmenesse, or opennesse of weather. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. iv. 42 The known openness of the season of 1852 and the probable mildness of the following winter. 1882Gd. Words Apr. 252 The openness of the weather during the past winter. |