spikiness
- a word derived from spiky.
Example Sentences
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The elaborateness and spikiness of the animal found in Morocco has come as a shock to experts, who now have to rethink how these armoured dinosaurs evolved.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
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
Leonardo García Alarcón conducted a small but potent group from his ensemble, Cappella Mediterranea, with almost improvisatory spikiness, but without losing polish.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
The smooth paving-stones; the scraped, hard, even, rutless roads; the neat gates and plates, and essence of border and order, and spikiness and spruceness.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John