goodnesses
SayGUUD-nis-iz/ˈɡʊdnəsɪz/
- 1Plural of goodness.
Critics praised the novel for the small goodnesses of its weary characters.
The memoir recalls the small goodnesses of strangers who helped her family survive.
Note
A plural that only some meanings of goodness allow. The quality of being good is a mass noun with no plural, and neither the euphemism for God nor the exclamation "goodness gracious" can take one. The plural belongs to the countable uses: the healthy content of foods, as in the goodnesses of several vegetables, and moral virtues counted one by one, like the small goodnesses of a character.
goodnesses is a form of goodness
goodness, noun: The state or quality of being good in character or behavior. Full entry
- Forms
- goodnessgoodnesses plural
- Spelling
- goodness → goodnesses: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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