Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The state of being chubby.

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  • noun the state or quality of being chubby

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  • noun the property of having a plump and round body

Etymologies

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chubby +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • As in real estate, chubbiness is all a matter of, “location, location, location”.

    Archive 2006-08-01 ____Maggie 2006

  • As in real estate, chubbiness is all a matter of, “location, location, location”.

    French Women Don't Get Fat (copy) ____Maggie 2006

  • Not just lovely Alice, or ardent Joe, who adores her, or Charles, who speaks of his chubbiness with studied insouciance: "I haven't leaned out yet."

    'Super 8': Old Format, Fresh Thrills Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Not just lovely Alice, or ardent Joe, who adores her, or Charles, who speaks of his chubbiness with studied insouciance: "I haven't leaned out yet."

    'Super 8': Old Format, Fresh Thrills Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • So much for the notion that “chubbiness” in childhood is something that is cute and just a sign of a “healthy” appetite.

    Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity Promotes Musculoskeletal Problems in Kids 2009

  • She looked like any other teenage girl with a splotchy face and a body given to chubbiness.

    My Soul to Keep Sharie Kohler 2010

  • Despair hung in dark clouds between the kitchen cupboards and the pine lamps; she felt an intense and instant desire to flee, to run away, home to the children, to kiss them and embrace their cozy chubbiness, home to Thomas, to love him with all of her body and all of her mind.

    Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010

  • Despair hung in dark clouds between the kitchen cupboards and the pine lamps; she felt an intense and instant desire to flee, to run away, home to the children, to kiss them and embrace their cozy chubbiness, home to Thomas, to love him with all of her body and all of her mind.

    Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010

  • Children who are overweight will outgrow their chubbiness, so kids 'surplus pounds can be ignored.

    Carole Carson: Fitness Trends In 2010: Will New Innovations Replace Old Views? 2010

  • The happiness put weight on his face, a kind of vague chubbiness Mitch was just now inheriting.

    The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan 2010

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