spiky
adjective
spikiness
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a word derived from
spiky.
Example Sentences
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She says this in a tone lacking emotional spikiness, accepting that truth as it is.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
The relationship between Lilún and Ranra beautifully captures the spikiness and tenderness of a new connection that could turn into something beautiful.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022
But he also gives him a submerged anger and spikiness that play well against Domhnall Gleeson’s more frontal, theatrical performance as the bollixed-up Sam.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Sycamore calculated the distribution of outputs with an estimated fidelity of 0.2%—just enough to distinguish the fingerprintlike spikiness from the noise in the circuitry.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2022
And last night the sky was all a spangle and delicate glitter of stars, the glare of them and spikiness softened off by a young darling of a moon.
From Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston by Ruskin, John
