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The state of being close. Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift. We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon. An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison.

The state of being cloudy.

The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.

The quality of being clusy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier.

The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.

The state of being cognate.

The state or quality of being cold.

The state of being collateral.

A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

A state of union; mass.

The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.

Combustibility.

The quality or state of being comely. Comeliness is a disposing fair Of things and actions in fit time and place. Sir J. Davies. Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit. Milton. Comeliness signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness. Johnson.…

State of being comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.

The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster.

State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convience; roominess. Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.

State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.

The quality of being commonplace; commonness.

The quality of being communicative. Norris.

The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.