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Huskiness

Huskiness \Hus"ki*ness\, n.

  1. The state of being husky.

  2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice.
    --G. Eliot.

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huskiness

n. The property of being husky.

WordNet
huskiness
  1. n. the property of being big and strong [syn: ruggedness, toughness]

  2. a throaty harshness [syn: gruffness, hoarseness]

Usage examples of "huskiness".

All the misery of her worry for the wayward Sabrina came through in the huskiness of her voice.

Hannah interrupted, hearing the huskiness of her own voice, knowing its sultry source, not caring.

Though the voice was far raspier than any he knew intimately, there was something familiar in its dry huskiness and crisp northern accent.