driftingness

English

Etymology

drifting +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪf.tɪŋ.nəs/
• Hyphenation: drift‧ing‧ness

Noun

driftingness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift.
   • 1973, Brigid Brophy, The adventures of God in his search for the Black Girl, page 223:

     They moved, lightly chattering among themselves, with the soft driftingness of the saris they had had to discard in favour of wimples, from beneath which gleamed cow-brown eyes and an occasional jewelled caste mark.

Synonyms

• obliquation
• tralineation