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huskiness

huskiness noun: the property of being husky.

Noun

huskiness (countable and uncountable, plural huskinesses)

  1. The property of being husky.
    • I strove vainly to force my fingers down on the triggers, and vainly I strove to say something.
      "Why don't you shoot?" he asked.
      I cleared my throat of a huskiness which prevented speech.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Forms of huskiness

pluralhuskinesses

Origin of huskiness

From husky + -ness.

Questions about huskiness

What does huskiness mean?
Huskiness means the property of being husky.
What part of speech is huskiness?
Huskiness is a noun.
What is the plural of huskiness?
The plural of huskiness is huskinesses.

Words near huskiness in the dictionary

  1. huskie
  2. huskier
  3. huskies
  4. huskiest
  5. huskily
  6. huskiness
  7. huskinesses
  8. husking
  9. husking bee
  10. huskings
  11. Huskisson

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