contractednessn.
The state or quality of being contracted.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun]
limitation1597
limitedness1631
confinedness1639
narrowness1641
contractedness1659
inextension1827
stintedness1827
restrictedness1828
boundedness1886
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > quality of being restricted or limited
limitation1597
limitedness1631
confinedness1639
contractedness1659
stintedness1827
restrictedness1828
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun] > contracted quality
contractedness1659
the world > time > frequency > [noun] > high frequency > short fast frequency
contractedness1759
1659 H. More Immortality of Soul 226 The Contractedness of the Soul in Infancy.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 195 Brevity, or Contractedness of Speech in Prayer.
1759 J. Johnstone in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 546 The hardness and contractedness of her pulse.
1875 Contemp. Rev. 27 115 Their religion..had little breadth, but was redeemed from mere ecclesiastical contractedness.
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