inkiness

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noun

The condition of or an instance of being inky.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nouninkiness (countable and uncountable, plural inkinesses)

plural inkinesses

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of or an instance of being inky.

    Please excuse all the inkinesses—my pen dropped into the sand, and messed things up a bit

    2020, Joseph Campbell, Evans Lansing Smith, Dennis Patrick Slattery, Correspondence: 1927–1987

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

Broader
achromatic colorachromatic colour

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inkiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inkiness.

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