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  • noun The state or condition of being jolty.

Etymologies

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jolty +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • His insides cramped with the joltiness of the flight, stalling before the metallic shriek of the Cloudgate.

    In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

  • Yet the legend of the cause of his death would verify the old theory about the joltiness of the course of true love.

    The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903

  • I am quite sure that if I were to take most or any of my friends to those pleasant yellow fields they would notice nothing except the exceeding joltiness of the road; and if I were so ill-advised as to lift up a corner of my heart, and let them see how full it was of wonder and delight, they would first look blank, and then decide mentally that they were in the unpleasant situation of driving over a stony road with that worst form of idiot, a bore, and so fall into the mood of self - commiseration which is such a solace to us in our troubles.

    The Solitary Summer Elizabeth von Arnim 1903

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