onliness

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onliness

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From Middle English onlinesse, equivalent to only + -ness.

noun

archaic, uncountable The state of being alone or unique.
Similar: aloneness, onlyhood, uniquity, isolation, loneliness, loneness, onehead, oneship, onliness, seclusion, solitariness, solitude

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@misc{onliness_2026,
  title = {onliness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onliness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}