timelessness
nounUK /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/ · US /ˈtaɪmləsnəs/
Etymology From timeless + -ness.
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Usually The property of being timeless.
- Of all the things that attracted her to the park, the timelessness of the ever-flowing river was most pleasing.
- A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 332, photo caption:
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- In the Larghetto slow movement Mr. Tetzlaff played the wistful melodic phrases with arching lyricism and radiantly penetrating pianissimos, while in the orchestra Mr. Levine achieved an uncanny balance between timelessness and subdued intensity.2007 January 16, Anthony Tommasini, “Serious German Violinist Gets a Rock Star Ovation”, in The New York Times:
- Synonyms
- atemporality, extratemporality, eternal now, eternity, timelessness, untime
- Antonyms
- everlastingness, sempiternity, temporality
- Related terms
- timeless, timelessly