Tippiness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being tippy, tendency to tip or tilt over. uncountable

    "It was low tide, so there was a long, sickening ladder with slimy rungs to climb down to get to the canoe. The man’s big laugh and the tippiness of the canoe were even more frightening than the ladder."

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"It was low tide, so there was a long, sickening ladder with slimy rungs to climb down to get to the canoe. The man’s big laugh and the tippiness of the canoe were even more frightening than the ladder."

Etymology

From tippy + -ness.

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