Meanings
nounbulkiness (usually uncountable, plural bulkinesses)
plural bulkinesses
- uncountableusuallyThe characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
The bulkiness of those commodities which are the chief productions of the soil, necessarily imposes very heavy charges on their transportation, to distant markets.
1791 December 5, Alexander Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton’s Final Version of the Report on the Subject of Manufactures”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volume 10, New York: Columbia University Press, published 1966, →LCCN, →OCLC
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bulkiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulkiness
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