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n. - The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly; The state of being salient.

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Usage examples (11)
  • Adjective : a scene of striking beauty. ,a striking lack of enthusiasm. ,striking power. ,striking distance
  • The simplicity of the gown set off the strikingness of her flowing hair.
  • How striking, from its artful suppression of strikingness, is the first following, and what a wide, easy sweep of well-bred satire it contains!
  • The itemize crapper also depart with the strikingness and also the responsibility of the distance for the mortal who borrows the loan.
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