'Suddenness' definitions:
Definition of 'suddenness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning [syn: abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness]
Definition of 'Suddenness'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'suddenness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abruptness,
- alacrity,
- expeditiousness,
- feverishness,
- furiousness,
- haste,
- hastiness,
- hurriedness,
- impatience,
- impetuosity,
- impetuousness,
- impulsiveness,
- inexpectation,
- overhastiness,
- precipitance,
- precipitancy,
- precipitateness,
- precipitation,
- precipitatousness,
- precipitousness,
- promptness,
- quickness,
- rashness,
- recklessness,
- speed,
- swiftness,
- unanticipation,
- unexpectedness