mussiness
- a word derived from mussy.
Example Sentences
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Ices are now served at garden-parties in small paper cups placed on ice-plates—a fashion which is very neat, and which saves much of the mussiness which has heretofore been a feature of these entertainments.
From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.
Women want to push out into life, to share with men the disorder and mussiness of little things.
From Marching Men by Anderson, Sherwood
Without accuracy any attempt at brilliancy must result in "mussiness."
From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by Cooke, James Francis
To me it was getting up before dawn, and washing in ice-cold water, no time to comb the hair, always carrying a feeling of personal mussiness, with an adjustment to dirt.
From Golden Lads by Gleason, Arthur
Again and again he nearly lost his balance, in his violent attempts to dress his beautiful plumage, and remove the last remnant of nest mussiness.
From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne
