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BULKINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bulkiness mean?
• BULKINESS (noun)
The noun BULKINESS has 1 sense:
1. an unwieldy largeness
Familiarity information: BULKINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unwieldy largeness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
bulkiness; massiveness
Hypernyms ("bulkiness" is a kind of...):
bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)
Derivation:
bulky (of large size for its weight)
Context examples
That force took shape in the middle of spring with the arrival of Tom Buchanan. There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position and Daisy was flattered. Doubtless there was a certain struggle and a certain relief. The letter reached Gatsby while he was still at Oxford.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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