Definitions
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- noun The state or condition of being
trying (arduous, difficult to endure).
Etymologies
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trying + -ness
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Examples
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Next to sweet-potatoes, the premier abomination to walk through, give me kokos for good all-round tryingness, particularly when they are wet, as is very much the case now.
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Next to sweet-potatoes, the premier abomination to walk through, give me kokos for good all-round tryingness, particularly when they are wet, as is very much the case now.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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