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tuniness

tuniness noun: the quality of being tuny.

Noun

tuniness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being tuny.
    • […] to make the creation of beauty in words your sole aim involves so much exclusion and rejection that only a very vigorous poetic genius can save the result from mere prettiness and mere tuniness.1936, The London Mercury, page 114

Origin of tuniness

From tuny + -ness.

Questions about tuniness

What does tuniness mean?
Tuniness means the quality of being tuny.
What part of speech is tuniness?
Tuniness is a noun.

Words near tuniness in the dictionary

  1. tuniclike
  2. tunics
  3. tunicwise
  4. tunier
  5. tuniest
  6. tuniness
  7. tuning
  8. tuning down
  9. tuning fork
  10. tuning forks
  11. tuning hammer

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