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Meanings of distinctness in English

Portuguese
alteridade
Catalan
distinció
Spanish
distinción

The state of being several and distinct.

        alteridade
        Catalan
        nitidesa

        The quality of being sharp and clear.

            nitidesa
            Usage of distinctness in English
            1
            The first requisites in a healthy, well-developed Imagination are truth and distinctness.
            The Elements of Character
            2
            Possibly I remember it with such distinctness because it was the firSt.
            Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
            3
            The mate spoke with low distinctness from the shadows of the quarter-deck.
            An Outcast of the Islands
            4
            The distinctness and intelligence of her language are a kind of miracle.
            Memories of Hawthorne
            5
            They were articulated with a distinctness that was unexampled in my experience.
            Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale
            6
            The day came, only to bestow more distinctness on the cheerless prospect.
            The Red Rover: A Tale
            7
            He turned his face toward her and replied slowly and with distinctness:
            The Last Woman
            8
            And the distance would not permit him to see with any distinctness.
            Bruce
            9
            Every pillar and pinnacle was seen with a lurid and terrible distinctness.
            The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction
            10
            He had shot the phrases at her with a distinctness almost violent.
            Harriet and the Piper
            11
            One should next endeavor to pronounce every consonant with the utmost distinctness.
            Poise: How to Attain It
            12
            We shall find these means multiplying and gathering distinctness as we proceed.
            The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1
            13
            Slowness permits distinctness of movement and is attuned to calmness of mind.
            T'ai Chi
            14
            She smiled sarcastically, and then began with dry distinctness and narrowing lips.
            A Sappho of Green Springs
            15
            But out of all his confusion one thing stood out with distinctness.
            Dangerous Days
            16
            But he simply lifted his lovely lashes, and said with great distinctness:-
            The Bell-Ringer of Angel's, and Other Stories
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            Translations for distinctness
            Portuguese
            alteridade
            Distinctness through the time
            Distinctness across language varieties
            United Kingdom
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