'Entireness' definitions:
Definition of 'entireness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being total and complete; "he read the article in its entirety"; "appalled by the totality of the destruction" [syn: entirety, entireness, integrality, totality]
Definition of 'Entireness'
From: GCIDE
- Entirety \En*tire"ty\, n.; pl. Entireness. [OF. entieret['e]. Cf. Integrity.]
- 1. The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is entire; the whole. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Entireness'
From: GCIDE
- Entireness \En*tire"ness\, n.
- 1. The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge. [1913 Webster]
- This same entireness or completeness. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Entireness in preaching the gospel. --Udall. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- True Christian love may be separated from acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]