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Closeness

The state of being close.

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Adjacency 76% connected

The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.

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Contiguity 76% connected

The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.

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Littleness 76% connected

The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

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Pettiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

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Propinquity 76% connected

Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.

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Proximity 76% connected

The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.

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Smallness 76% connected

The quality or state of being small.

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Sneakiness 76% connected

The quality of being sneaky.

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Stealthiness 76% connected

The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.

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Belonging 76% connected

of Belong

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Distance 76% connected

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

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Friendliness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being friendly.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Stinginess 76% connected

The quality or state of being stingy.

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Unsociability 76% connected

The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.

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Close 74% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Close 74% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Stuffy 74% connected

Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

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Stuffy 74% connected

Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

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Tight 74% connected

of Tie

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Tight 74% connected

of Tie

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Synonym 10

Familiarity 92% connected

The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimac…

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Intimacy 92% connected

The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

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Meanness 92% connected

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.

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Nearness 92% connected

The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

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Niggardliness 92% connected

The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.

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Niggardness 92% connected

Niggardliness.

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Parsimony 92% connected

Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.

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Secretiveness 92% connected

The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.

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Stuffiness 92% connected

The quality of being stuffy.

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Tightness 92% connected

The quality or condition of being tight.

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