Meaning of next-to-ness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state, quality, or condition of being next to someone or something; adjacentness; proximity.

informal, uncountable

Examples

“This adjoined-ness or next-to-ness is not only characteristic of symbolic art; it is what is specifically architectural.”

“But in addition to grammatical next-to-ness, there is normal physical proximity.”

“Even as I feel her panicky worries because of the voices rising outside our room, I feel comforted because her slightly larger body is always in next-to-ness to mine.”

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