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winkiness

winkiness noun: the quality of being winky.

Noun

winkiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being winky.
    • Resplendent, happy and glorious, appeared our Princess and our Prince! and mightily enjoying the feast of music prepared for them in small parcels, sat all the Royalties and Attracting Magnates; while the great officers of State (in such a state, too! with the thermometer at ninety-five degrees in...1897 July 3, “Jubilopera Notes”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CXII, London: […], page 333, column 1
    • Very few people duped or abused his confidence, for he knew how to uncover lies with extraordinary sagacity; but even that did not irritate him: “The poor wretch,” he often said to us with his delightful smile, “the poor wretch thought that he was deceiving me; but I read falsehood on his face and...1898, Léon Daudet, translated by Charles de Kay, “Life and Literature”, in Alphonse Daudet […], Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, page 24

Origin of winkiness

From winky + -ness.

Questions about winkiness

What does winkiness mean?
Winkiness means the quality of being winky.
What part of speech is winkiness?
Winkiness is a noun.

Words near winkiness in the dictionary

  1. Winkfields
  2. Winkhill
  3. winkie
  4. winkies
  5. winkin'
  6. winkiness
  7. winking
  8. winking at
  9. winking monkey
  10. winking monkeys
  11. winking owl

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