Flusteriness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being flustery. uncountable

    "“Um. I’m getting a jump on tomorrow,” she explained. She hoped her excuse sounded wittier to him—the man who enjoyed, as he’d probably put it, flusteriness. “Now I’m a whole day ahead.”"

Example

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"“Um. I’m getting a jump on tomorrow,” she explained. She hoped her excuse sounded wittier to him—the man who enjoyed, as he’d probably put it, flusteriness. “Now I’m a whole day ahead.”"

Etymology

From flustery + -ness.

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