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noun

Huskiness n.

The state of being husky.

Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.

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Etymology of 'Huskiness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Huskiness" Quotes from Famous Books

... hair cut. Yuh know it?" he said, with a huskiness in his voice, and pulled a tangle playfully. Then his eyes swung round defiantly to Cash. "It's stealing to keep him, but I can't help it. I'd rather die right here in my tracks than give up this little ole kid. And you can take that as it lays, ...

— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower

... a perfect embodiment of the still small voice, free from all cold, hoarseness, huskiness, or unhealthiness of any kind; foot-passengers slackened their pace, and were disposed to linger near it; neighbours who had got up splenetic that morning, felt good-humour stealing on them as they heard it, and by degrees became quite sprightly; ...

— Barnaby Rudge • Charles Dickens

... had in some degree mastered himself, but the huskiness of his voice, the vivid gleam of his eyes, gave warning that the fire within him though smothered was ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 • Various

... all," said Hugh, trying to speak cheerfully, though there was a huskiness in his pleasant voice that was foreign to it. "You see I have brought home your new mistress at last, Ellerton. Mrs. Heron," shaking hands with her, "you must give Lady ...

— Wee Wifie • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... told your good mother all about it, Hugh, when you got home?" he went on to say, with a trace of huskiness ...

— The Chums of Scranton High - Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight • Donald Ferguson

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