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usually uncountable, plural closenesses
The state of being close (all senses) examples
The state of being friends examples
The state of being mean or stingy examples
The state of being secretive examples
(mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph examples
(archaic) Solitude, seclusion quotations
I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene ii]