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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Suddenness (0.00995 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Suddenness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: suddenness suddenness n : the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning [syn: abruptness, precipitateness, precipitance, precipitancy]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Suddenness Sudden \Sud"den\, a. [OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F. soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and cf. Subitaneous.] 1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. “O sudden wo!” --Chaucer. “For fear of sudden death.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Sudden fear troubleth thee. --Job xxii. 10. [1913 Webster] 2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid. [1913 Webster] Never was such a sudden scholar made. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for. [1913 Webster] -- Sud"den*ly, adv. -- Sud"den*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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