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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being noisy; loudness of sound; clamorousness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being noisy.

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  • noun The quality or state of being noisy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise

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Examples

  • She dismissed feminism as "noisiness" and once, when asked whether she'd been brought up to believe a woman's place was in the home, she replied, "I don't think I was ever told where it was."

    A Pondered Life Moore, Lorrie 2006

  • I infer that Bissell became buoyant enough about this progress toward assassination that he saw it as offsetting the risks of President Kennedy's anti - "noisiness" cutbacks (indeed Kennedy's own insistence on the cutbacks may well have been buoyed by the same closely held secret knowledge, but for this surmise there is less evidence).

    'Is the CIA Necessary?': An Exchange Thompson, Michael S. 1997

  • Apichart said some NGV-powered trucks, which had no black smoke, still faced traffic tickets for "noisiness".

    NationMultimedia.com - Topstories 2010

  • Akan Datang Fitur Untuk Mengontrol 'noisiness' di Google Buzz

    Planet Terasi 2010

  • This is a cute, shrill film bursting with noisiness and slapstick.

    2009 February : Scrubbles.net 2009

  • You've got to jump higher, got to jump further and you've got to work hard to find some kind of creative excellence with commercial noisiness.

    FX Cancels Lights Out 2011

  • My husband bounded down the stairs, his happy noisiness preceding him.

    Ant Farm Linda Simoni-Wastila 2011

  • You've got to jump higher, got to jump further and you've got to work hard to find some kind of creative excellence with commercial noisiness. ...

    Will Lights Out Be Another Terriers for FX? 2011

  • A fifteen-room oasis away from the frenetic noisiness of Delhi, it's close enough to places of interest but far enough away to enjoy quiet tranquility that is a rare commodity in the capital city.

    Adrien Field: The Non-Tourist's Guide To New Delhi Adrien Field 2011

  • This is a cute, shrill film bursting with noisiness and slapstick.

    Weekly Mishmash: February 15-21 : Scrubbles.net 2009

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