huskiness

English

Etymology

From husky +‎ -ness.

Noun

huskiness (countable and uncountable, plural huskinesses)

  1. The property of being husky.
    • 1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
      I strove vainly to force my fingers down on the triggers, and vainly I strove to say something.
      "Why don't you shoot?" he asked.
      I cleared my throat of a huskiness which prevented speech.
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