Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being stubby.
  • noun Same as stubbedness.

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

  • noun The state of being stubby.

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  • noun The state or condition of being stubby.

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

  • noun the property of being short and broad

Etymologies

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stubby +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • His being afflicted with hand "stubbiness," however, appears clear.

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  • He waved a languid hand which, except for the stubbiness of the fingers, was very humanlike.

    Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000

  • He waved a languid hand which, except for the stubbiness of the fingers, was very humanlike.

    Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 1983

  • From the inherited experience of ages the natives know that a hunter with short hands and feet is most likely to live long; a man's length of life can be pretty accurately gauged by the stubbiness of his nose.

    The Eternal Maiden T. Everett Harr��

  • So, I don't have much to work with at the moment, hence the stubbiness above.

    Irish Blogs Beaut.ie - The Irish Beauty Blog 2010

  • "Manly stubbiness" yet he manages to look so adorable.

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  • It differs from fingers in that it is opposable, has two phalanges rather than three, differs in proportion and stubbiness, and is attached to a more mobile metacarpus.

    Blessed Among Men 2008

  • It differs from fingers in that it is opposable, has two phalanges rather than three, differs in proportion and stubbiness, and is attached to a more mobile metacarpus.

    Blessed Among Men 2008

  • It differs from fingers in that it is opposable, has two phalanges rather than three, differs in proportion and stubbiness, and is attached to a more mobile metacarpus.

    Blessed Among Men 2008

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