Cloudiness
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy. countable, uncountable
"Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers."
- 2 the quality of being cloudy wordnet
- 3 Of a liquid: the property of being murky. countable, uncountable
"Cloudiness in the water is most often caused in new aquariums by white bacteria."
- 4 gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover wordnet
- 5 Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"Avoid cloudiness in your essay-writing."
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- 6 the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds wordnet
Example
More examples"It's a terrible winter-like start to summer this longest-daylight Summer Solstice Day of the 20th of June of 2025. Ugh! It was raining like cats and dogs this morning, with much cloudiness in the afternoon. I still know "reinos" in pinkish Volapük (it's raining). I had to wear my blue boots and bring my black umbrella. I've been to Tim Hortons café several times: Sausage Farmer's Wrap, Earl Grey Tea with oat milk, Lemon Poppyseed Muffin, etc. It was likely my 49th visit this year to the "Clam Temple"—the St. Albans Road's Roman Catholic church. I'm an Esperantist-Lojbanist. I'm a Syncretist, spiritually. Several people at church were wearing beige, which, I think, symbolizes Chabacano, Philippine Creole Spanish. I just enjoy sitting quietly in the nave and the adoration chapel, both mostly empty. Ah, the void... I tried to reach for a big heart-shaped leaf from the Empress Tree, "Kiri" in Japanese, but it was too high up."
Etymology
From cloudy + -ness.
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