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- noun The
quality orstate of being water.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This central fish-out-of-waterness is part of who the Doctor is ... and that really shouldn't be affected by Rose Tyler.
A word or two about the Doctor's girl, Rose Marion Tyler! rabid1st 2009
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According to the makers, H2Om has taken water to the next level of waterness:
Enjoy H2Om - or just throw your money straight down the toilet 2007
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According to the makers, H2Om has taken water to the next level of waterness:
Enjoy H2Om - or just throw your money straight down the toilet 2007
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If the - ness could be affixed as an abstractive element to each and every type of radical element, if we could say fightness (the act or quality of fighting) or waterness (the quality or state of water) or awayness (the state of being away) as we can say goodness (the state of being good), we should have moved appreciably nearer the agglutinative pole.
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General feeling of fish-out-of-waterness, though you don't know whether to root for the fish or the water.
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General feeling of fish-out-of-waterness, though you don't know whether to root for the fish or the water.
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General feeling of fish-out-of-waterness, though you don't know whether to root for the fish or the water.
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General feeling of fish-out-of-waterness, though you don't know whether to root for the fish or the water.
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General feeling of fish-out-of-waterness, though you don't know whether to root for the fish or the water.
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But there is something about it that doesn’t change, a basic waterness.
The Answer John Assaraf 2008
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