Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being impassable.
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- noun The quality of being
impassable .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Later, at the piano, she played for him, and at him, aggressively, with the vague intent of emphasizing the impassableness of the gulf that separated them.
Chapter 2 2010
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My adventure had taught me the impassableness of the forest, and after that experience I was never again tempted to make excursions without
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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Later, at the piano, she played for him, and at him, aggressively, with the vague intent of emphasizing the impassableness of the gulf that separated them.
Chapter 2 1908
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She received me with some degree of kindness; but the half-cordiality of her manner towards me was evidently founded on the impassableness of the gulf between us.
The Portent & Other Stories George MacDonald 1864
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Against the very impassableness of the barrier the doctor's will chafed, even while his hope gave way.
Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852
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