dense
adjective
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact.
denseness
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a word derived from
dense.
Example Sentences
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Musically and dramatically, “Schoenberg in Hollywood” has Schoenbergian denseness along with new-world electronics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
Dates, which have a similar sticky denseness, work especially well.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
A common thread throughout cat detective fiction is the denseness of humans, unable to read subtle feline cues.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2012
No wonder: it is Banville's stated ambition to give his prose "the kind of denseness and thickness that poetry has".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2012
Brave Orchid was again startled at her sister’s denseness.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
