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Shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
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raggedness
Word definitions for raggedness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ragged \Rag"ged\ (r[a^]g"g[e^]d), a. [From Rag , n.] Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. Hence, harsh and disagreeable ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being ragged.
Usage examples of raggedness.
The Crucian pilots displayed the raggedness one might expect of newbies, but little of the awkwardness and none of the hesitancy.
She wore a pavonine brocade gown of amazing richness and raggedness, and as I watched her, the sun touched a rent just below her waist, turning the skin there to palest gold.
Obed Hussey, I saw, was tall and broad shouldered: as fine looking a boy as would be encountered in a month of Sundays, except for the beard on his face and the raggedness of his clothes.
The rapidity and raggedness of his radiant exhalations would have marked him as a guilty man if witnesses had been present.
But the same tendencies, together with a sort of raggedness which is no doubt intentional, weaken his epigrams and polemical poems.