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Meanings of nubbiness in anglès

espanyol
rugosidad

Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

        rugosidad
        Synonyms
        Examples for "coarseness"
        Examples for "coarseness"
        1
        All the bluntness and coarseness of feeling in the workmanship of fig.
        Stones of Venice [introductions]
        2
        Then there had been recklessness, something of coarseness, in the fine face.
        The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
        3
        Even the Romans, with all their coarseness, stood higher in this respect.
        A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics
        4
        His face was inflamed with suppressed impatience, which accentuated its natural coarseness.
        A Voyage to Arcturus
        5
        He condemns Swift for his coarseness and praises Johnson for his outspokenness.
        The Silent Isle
        1
        There was a certain tweediness of opinions, too, that could be reminiscent of a Wodehousian country squire.
        The Guardian
        2
        The first is Edward Whymper, who achieved lasting fame getting hauled up the Matterhorn by guides who climbed circles around his tweediness.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        3
        The cinema duopoly Rank and ABC deployed their respective publicity machines to convey an image of upper-middle class tweediness for their main contract stars.
        The Guardian
        4
        Although Donna Koran's summer linen suit echoes the mock tweediness of Ralph Lauren's, her cut is more Lords of Flatbush than Lord of the Manor.
        The new yorker
        Translations for nubbiness