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pillowiness

pillowiness noun: the quality of being pillowy.

Noun

pillowiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being pillowy.
    • “What’s all this wonderful smelly stuff?” And she threw herself down on its redolent pillowiness, and the others followed her example.1958, Edward Eager, “All the Time in the World”, in The Time Garden, San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt, Inc., published 1999, →ISBN, page 21
    • He looked at her close. She could never. He would bet on it. All her pillowiness was gone. That dewy, bee-jelly push that flesh had when it was bent on doubling itself.1972, Hortense Calisher, Standard Dreaming, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 88

Origin of pillowiness

From pillowy + -ness.

Questions about pillowiness

What does pillowiness mean?
Pillowiness means the quality of being pillowy.
What part of speech is pillowiness?
Pillowiness is a noun.

Words near pillowiness in the dictionary

  1. Pillowell
  2. pillowest
  3. pilloweth
  4. pillowful
  5. pillowfuls
  6. pillowiness
  7. pillowing
  8. pillowings
  9. pillowless
  10. pillowlike
  11. pillows

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