huskiness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Huskiness \Hus"ki*ness\, n.
   1. The state of being husky.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness
      of voice. --G. Eliot.
      [1913 Webster]

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