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RESTFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does restfulness mean?
• RESTFULNESS (noun)
The noun RESTFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. the attribute of being restful
Familiarity information: RESTFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attribute of being restful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
he longed for the restfulness of home
Hypernyms ("restfulness" is a kind of...):
inactiveness; inactivity; inertia (a disposition to remain inactive or inert)
Derivation:
restful (affording physical or mental rest)
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