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smuttiness

smuttiness noun: the state or quality of being smutty.

Noun

smuttiness (usually uncountable, plural smuttinesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being smutty.
    • It was exactly the sort of line that brought screeches of laughter on Workers’ Playtime or Midday Music-hall. It was exactly the smoky, faded smuttiness he wanted to put behind him.1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 12, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 46

Forms of smuttiness

pluralsmuttinesses

Origin of smuttiness

From smutty + -ness.

Questions about smuttiness

What does smuttiness mean?
Smuttiness means the state or quality of being smutty.
What part of speech is smuttiness?
Smuttiness is a noun.
What is the plural of smuttiness?
The plural of smuttiness is smuttinesses.

Words near smuttiness in the dictionary

  1. smuttied
  2. smuttier
  3. smutties
  4. smuttiest
  5. smuttily
  6. smuttiness
  7. smuttinesses
  8. smutting
  9. smuttings
  10. SmutTok
  11. smutty

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