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Huskiness

noun
1.
The property of being big and strong.  Synonyms: ruggedness, toughness.
2.
A throaty harshness.  Synonyms: gruffness, hoarseness.






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"Huskiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... to a softer tone. The resolution which had brought her thither returned. She stood up under the dome of pines and began softly to sing, trying her voice first in single tones, then a scale or two, a trill. At first her voice was not clear, but as she continued it emerged from its sheath of huskiness clear and flutelike, and liquid as the notes of the thrushes that inhabited the wood. The pleasure of the exercise grew, and presently, warbling her songs there in the otherwise silent forest, Agatha became conscious of a strange accompaniment. Pausing a moment, she perceived that the grove was ...
— The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger



Words linked to "Huskiness" :   husky, roughness, toughness, gruffness, ruggedness, strength, harshness



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