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flusteriness

flusteriness noun: the quality of being flustery.

Noun

flusteriness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being flustery.
    • “Um. I’m getting a jump on tomorrow,” she explained. She hoped her excuse sounded wittier to him—the man who enjoyed, as he’d probably put it, flusteriness. “Now I’m a whole day ahead.”2008 October, Lisa Plumley, chapter 10, in Home for the Holidays, New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 79
    • I’m making Mr. and Mrs. Palmer their Sunday cappuccinos, and Grady’s flusteriness has almost made me upend coffee all over my new swing dress.2014, Melissa Keil, chapter 1, in The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree Publishers, published 2016, →ISBN, page 7
    Synonyms:
    flusteredness

Synonyms of flusteriness

Origin of flusteriness

From flustery + -ness.

Questions about flusteriness

What does flusteriness mean?
Flusteriness means the quality of being flustery.
What part of speech is flusteriness?
Flusteriness is a noun.

Words near flusteriness in the dictionary

  1. flustered
  2. flusteredly
  3. flusteredness
  4. flusterer
  5. flusterers
  6. flusteriness
  7. flustering
  8. flusterment
  9. flusterments
  10. flusters
  11. flustery

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