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tweediness

tweediness noun: the quality of being tweedy.

Noun

tweediness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being tweedy.
    • He applied its dense tweediness to an essentially realist armature, maintaining a stylistic consistency that stands out here.2007 April 27, Roberta Smith, “The Pointillist ‘Contagion’ in Italy”, in New York Times

Origin of tweediness

From tweedy + -ness.

Questions about tweediness

What does tweediness mean?
Tweediness means the quality of being tweedy.
What part of speech is tweediness?
Tweediness is a noun.

Words near tweediness in the dictionary

  1. Tweedie
  2. tweedier
  3. Tweedies
  4. tweediest
  5. tweedily
  6. tweediness
  7. tweedle
  8. Tweedle-dee
  9. Tweedle-dees
  10. Tweedle-dum
  11. Tweedle-dums

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