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ruffliness

ruffliness noun: the quality of being ruffly.

Noun

ruffliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being ruffly.

Origin of ruffliness

From ruffly + -ness.

Questions about ruffliness

What does ruffliness mean?
Ruffliness means the quality of being ruffly.
What part of speech is ruffliness?
Ruffliness is a noun.

Words near ruffliness in the dictionary

  1. ruffles up
  2. ruffless
  3. rufflier
  4. ruffliest
  5. rufflike
  6. ruffliness
  7. ruffling
  8. ruffling a few feathers
  9. ruffling any feathers
  10. ruffling feathers
  11. ruffling some feathers

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