suddenness

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suddenness

noun suddennesses

  1. uncountable, usually The state of being sudden. The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him.

    Similar: abruptness, subitaneousness, precipitantness, precipitousness, spontaneity, spontaneousness, suddenness

Opposite: deliberation, graduality, slowness

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Opposite: deliberation, graduality, slowness

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noun state of being sudden

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@misc{suddenness_2026,
  title = {suddenness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suddenness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}