From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Closeness \Close"ness\, n.
The state of being close.
[1913 Webster]
Half stifled by the closeness of the room. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus,
nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
An affectation of closeness and covetousness.
--Addison.
Syn: Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy;
compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness;
stinginess; literalness.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
closeness
n 1: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their
closeness grew as the night wore on" [syn: {closeness},
{intimacy}]
2: the quality of being close and poorly ventilated [syn:
{stuffiness}, {closeness}]
3: the spatial property resulting from a relatively small
distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into
action" [syn: {nearness}, {closeness}] [ant: {farawayness},
{farness}, {remoteness}]
4: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess},
{niggardliness}, {niggardness}, {parsimony},
{parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness},
{closeness}]
5: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's
actions or purposes) [syn: {closeness}, {secretiveness}]
[ant: {nakedness}, {openness}]
6: close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a
mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" [syn:
{familiarity}, {intimacy}, {closeness}]
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