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Tallness

noun

The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top. Synonym: height.

The property of being taller than average stature.

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"Tallness" Quotes from Famous Books

... I blush. My attack will be too intimate; for I have confessed that I am not the very button on the cap of bravery. I have indeed stiffened myself to ride a horse, a mightier feat than driving him because of the tallness of the monster and his uneasy movement, as though his legs were not well socketed and might fall out on a change of gaits. I have ridden on a camel in a side-show, but have found my only comfort in his hump. I have stroked the elephant. In a solemn hour of night I have gone downstairs ...

— There's Pippins And Cheese To Come • Charles S. Brooks

... your hair and eyes, the smooth angularity of your tallness, the red ecstasy of your mind." Her fingers slipped down the back of his neck, playing little games with his flesh and hair. "I'll always love ...

— Life Sentence • James McConnell

Words linked to "Tallness" : shortness, tall, dimension, highness, stature, lowness, high, low, loftiness