halfnessn.
The condition or quality of being half or incomplete, or of being half one thing and half another; a hesitation between two opinions or courses; half-hearted action; irresoluteness.
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halfness1530
incompleteness1644
partialness1701
partiality1822
fragmentariness1836
partness1925
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 228/2 Halfenesse, demieté.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 131 Such Halfness, such halting between two opinions.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vi. 329 All Girondism, Halfness, Compromise is swept away.
a1859 tr. Goethe's Conversat. Eckerman in S. Smiles Self-help (1860) i, There is no halfness about them. They are complete men.
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