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Stiffness

The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

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Clumsiness 76% connected

The quality of being clumsy.

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Firmness 76% connected

The state or quality of being firm.

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Inelasticity 76% connected

Want of elasticity.

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Inelegance 76% connected

Alt. of Inelegancy

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Resoluteness 76% connected

The quality of being resolute.

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Resolution 76% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Sternness 76% connected

The quality or state of being stern.

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Strictness 76% connected

Quality or state of being strict.

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Gaucherie 76% connected

An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

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Rusticity 76% connected

The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness.

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Woodenness 76% connected

Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness.

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Buckram 74% connected

A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandi…

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Buckram 74% connected

A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandi…

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Stiff 74% connected

Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

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Stiff 74% connected

Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

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Clumsiness 92% connected

The quality of being clumsy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hardness 92% connected

The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Harshness 92% connected

The quality or state of being harsh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inclemency 92% connected

The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.

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Rigor 92% connected

Rigidity; stiffness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Severity 92% connected

The quality or state of being severe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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