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conˈtractedness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The state or quality of being contracted.
1659H. More Immort. Soul 226 The Contractedness of the Soul in Infancy. a1697South 12 Serm. II. 195 Brevity, or Contractedness of Speech in Prayer. 1757Johnstone in Phil. Trans. L. 546 The hardness and contractedness of her pulse. 1875Contemp. Rev. XXVII. 115 Their religion..had little breadth, but was redeemed from mere ecclesiastical contractedness. |