Usually means: Abrupt, unexpected occurrence or change.
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  1. suddenness: Merriam-Webster
  2. suddenness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. suddenness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. suddenness: Vocabulary.com
  5. suddenness: Wordnik
  6. suddenness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. suddenness: Wiktionary
  8. suddenness: Dictionary.com
  9. suddenness: Rhymezone
  10. suddenness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. suddenness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. suddenness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. suddenness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. suddenness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (suddenness)

▸ noun:  The state of being sudden.

Similar:
abruptness, precipitateness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenliness, suddenty, subitaneousness, unexpectedness, precipitousness, startlingness, more...

Opposite:
gradualness, deliberation, slowness, leisureliness

Types:
sudden, abrupt, abruptness, more...

Adjectives:
startling, dramatic, such, great, equal, unexpected, surprising, very, appalling, apparent, shocking

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Similar:
abruptness, precipitateness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenliness, suddenty, subitaneousness, unexpectedness, precipitousness, startlingness, more...

Opposite:
gradualness, deliberation, slowness, leisureliness

Types:
sudden, abrupt, abruptness, more...

Adjectives:
startling, dramatic, such, great, equal, unexpected, surprising, very, appalling, apparent, shocking



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