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noun
The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The product or result of happening every day, or frequently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commonness, commonplaceness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity
Narrower terms: prosiness, prosaicness, usualness
History
From everyday + -ness. Compare the similarly-formed German Alltäglichkeit (alltäglich + -keit).
Across languages
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