protectingness
Examples
“How old was Isabel? According to all reasonable inferences from the presumed circumstances of her life, she was his elder, […]; nevertheless, not only did he feel⟳ his muscular superiority to her, so to speak⟳, which made him spontaneously alive to a feeling of elderly protectingness over her; […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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