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MOISTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moistness mean? 

MOISTNESS (noun)
  The noun MOISTNESS has 1 sense:

1. a slight wetnessplay

  Familiarity information: MOISTNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOISTNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A slight wetness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

damp; dampness; moistness

Hypernyms ("moistness" is a kind of...):

wetness (the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moistness"):

clamminess; dankness (unpleasant wetness)

rawness (a chilly dampness)

Derivation:

moist (slightly wet)


 Context examples 


Something suspiciously akin to moistness dimmed her beautiful eyes before she dropped them and partly turned away her head.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

One Eye watching, felt a sudden moistness in his mouth and a drooling of saliva, involuntary, excited by the living meat that was spreading itself like a repast before him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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