Antonyms for fullness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : foo l
Phonetic Transcription : fÊŠl


Definition of fullness

Origin :
  • early 14c., from full (adj.) + -ness. Apparently not a survival of Old English fulnes.
  • noun abundance, breadth
Example sentences :
  • The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Never is the city so lovely as in this month of May, when all the trees are in the fullness of their foliage.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • We are told that this incarnation came in the fullness of time.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • She was seeing the earth and its fullness, and her heart beat fast.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • As a general rule muscle is admired in man and fullness of figure in woman.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • To know this truth in its fullness is already to possess eternal life.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • These in the fullness of time sprang up into the world as we know it now.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • And you assured me that I spoke out of the fullness of my ignorance and inexperience.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Oh, the wonders of the fullness of the finding and knowing of God!
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley

Synonyms for fullness

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