Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being fluffy; flocculence.
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- noun The characteristic or quality of being
fluffy
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- noun a light softness
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Examples
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The fluffiness comes from the applesauce and from the fact that the egg whites are separated, beaten to soft peaks and folded into the batter.
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It was idiotic to reprimand her agent for “fluffiness” when their mutual success depended on that so-called fluffiness.
How To Kill Your Boyfriend (In Ten Easy Steps) D.V. Bernard 2006
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It was idiotic to reprimand her agent for “fluffiness” when their mutual success depended on that so-called fluffiness.
How To Kill Your Boyfriend (In Ten Easy Steps) D.V. Bernard 2006
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Come on its so romantic and the fluffiness is the best part - I find.
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To consider that the Lady Robinson might be capable of 'fluffiness' would be to contemplate a heresy of such magnitude as to make me fear for my continued existence.....
Your comments please Ms Robinson 2008
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I was most struck, though, by the buttons Brown was most eager to press: references to steadfastness and so on to emphasise his gravitas compared with Cameron's "fluffiness"; calls to national unity/common purpose designed to imply that if you, young Dave, are against me then you are against us all.
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MacGregor had trailed her maligned "fluffiness" away to the drawing-room, and Nevill and Stephen had strolled with their cigarettes out into the unearthly whiteness of the lily garden, Stephen felt that something was coming.
The Golden Silence 1901
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"fluffiness" exists on the outside of any great movement.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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Claire Leigh and Julia Gillick, both 29 note their ages, it's important, were thrilled at the can-do response to their letter which complained that the women's fiction section was "very light, with lots of pink fluffiness and there were no classic authors".
There's nothing wrong with judging a book by its cover | Viv Groskop 2011
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When I first tried to wrap my head around social media, I had a tough time seeing through all the feel-good social media fluffiness to how it actually could work for businesses.
Jeff Sweat: 6 Questions With Virgin America's Porter Gale: Getting Social Media Right Jeff Sweat 2011
muamor commented on the word fluffiness
Mental note to myself to name a cat ' (Yes, Your) Fluffiness ', some day.
March 2, 2008
qroqqa commented on the word fluffiness
This word contains two different ligatures, in print. Appropriately, I noticed it in Nicholson Baker, who I suspect would be interested, and spin a reflection on the decline of ligatures.
June 10, 2009