Crossword clues for apartness
apartness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apartness \A*part"ness\, n. The quality of standing apart. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being apart. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being apart.
Usage examples of "apartness".
But to have the certain knowledge that to human man he was an object of fear and dread, and to extra-human man a rebel to be immediately eliminated-it gave him a sense of apartness that shocked him, it was so unexpected.
One of the primary attitudes, however, is an awareness and appreciation of 'apartness.
One of the primary attitudes, ^owever, is an awareness and appreciation of 'apartness.
He hears Tamil, Hindi, and begins curiously to feel a sense of apartness, something in the smell of the place, the amplified voice in the distance.
It was satisfying to stand on the floor, say, during a lull in trading, or after hours in a bar in the district, and note how some people subtly exhibited their relative closeness to him while others, sensing his apartness or knowing it for fact, were diligent in keeping ritual distances.
I seem forever on the edge of expressing the inexpressible, touching what has never been touched, but I cannot reach through the veil of apartness.
Apartheid--Afrikaans for "apartness" or "segregation"--means, in theory, that different races should develop separately along their own paths.
Apartheid- Afrikaans for "apartness" or "segregation"- means, in theory, that different races should develop separately along their own paths.
Its very tranquility, its apartness, its _lostness_ in the center of the buzzing, throbbing city, she had a feeling would make her feel even more apart, more lost, than she felt already, and she didn't want that.
Not steadily, in a continuous stream, but by allowing occasional insights to open up, like chinks in the armor that was each one's privacy and apartness.
Maybe that is why there is always sadness mingled with the aftertastes of pleasure, because once again, as so many times before, you have proven that the fleeting closeness only underlines the essential apartness of people, makes it uncomfortably evident for a little while.
They had their private jokes, and their cool-eyed apartness from the rest of the party.