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huskiness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun huskiness has 2 senses
- huskiness(n = noun.attribute) ruggedness, toughness - the property of being big and strong; Array is a kind of strength
- huskiness(n = noun.attribute) gruffness, hoarseness - a throaty harshness; Array is a kind of harshness, roughness
Derived form adjective husky1
Derived form adjective husky2
CIDE DICTIONARY
huskiness, n.
- The state of being husky. [1913 Webster]
- Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
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