Blankness Meaning
/ˈblaeŋknəs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe characteristic of being blank.
Sentence Examples
The disappointment was followed by an interval of blankness.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He stared into space with complete ____, as if his thoughts had vanished.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of her expression made it very hard to know what she felt.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English blank Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English blankness From blank + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""What is that?" demanded Carrados sharply. "Do you mean that?"
"Mean what?" she asked, with the blankness of one who has lost the thread of her own thoughts."
— 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He stared into space with complete ____, as if his thoughts had vanished.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of her expression made it very hard to know what she felt.