Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being physical.

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  • noun The condition of being physical; physicality

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  • noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter

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Examples

  • If the people want to do the book and do it right and I think they did a marvelous job at it, just the dust jacket and the "physicalness" of the book.

    The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey 1993

  • However, there are lots more actresses out there that are just as beautiful that can handle the acting and physicalness of the role much better – Rachel Nichols?

    Megan Fox to Replace Rose McGowan As Red Sonja? 2010

  • "The physicalness of this class isn't very good as far as having the strength to come in right away and make that big of an impact," Meyer said.

    Class of 2008 won't have same impact as '07 2008

  • I always just liked to find something that kind of did one thing for a really long time and did it very well - or just had a physicalness (ph) to it that I really liked.

    James Murphy: The Man Behind LCD Soundsystem 2010

  • Dr. SOPHY: Discipline can be done with some physicalness as long as it's done with thoughtfulness, with love and the intention only to instill an understanding into your child.

    Moms: Not My Business? 2010

  • Is this – really, frankly, writing about our love for our children, about the physicalness of our connection to them in that love – unbloggable?

    Of a Joy Which Can’t Be Words* | Her Bad Mother 2006

  • Most of the time, I am living like a head without a body, just careening through my life with no regard to my physicalness.

    Jessica Duquette: Lost: The Deepest Part of my Being 2008

  • I enjoyed the discipline, the comradeship, the physicalness of sports, helping other teammates.

    'Women Have What It Takes' 2008

  • It's been such a gift having Lila -- the physicalness of her.

    Growing Becca 2007

  • Part of the problem now is the physicalness of extended reading sessions.

    Reading Like a Kid jimvanpelt 2007

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