suddenliness

English

Etymology

From suddenly +‎ -ness.

Noun

suddenliness (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard, humorous) The state, quality, or condition of being sudden; suddenness; urgency.
    • 1962, Doug Allan, Facing Danger in the Last Wilderness, page 99:
      Finally, fatigue captured my thoughts and I fell asleep. With an awful suddenliness I awakened!
    • 1990, Riki Robbins Jones, The Empowered Woman:
      The word "suddenly" is important. It may be difficult for a man to understand, but I fear his "suddenliness."
    • 2009, Transcript of 'Transatlantic: the Flying Boats of Foynes':
      The plane might come into Foynes - if she came in early - I remember one morning in particular, a plane came in with a kind of suddenliness.
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