Huskiness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Huskiness \Hus"ki*ness\, n.
     1. The state of being husky.
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     2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness
        of voice. --G. Eliot.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  huskiness
       n 1: the property of being big and strong [syn: {ruggedness}, {toughness}]
       2: a throaty harshness [syn: {gruffness}, {hoarseness}]