slogginess

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noun

The property or state of being sloggy; A failure to flow or operate freely and smoothly.

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Meanings

nounslogginess (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe property or state of being sloggy; A failure to flow or operate freely and smoothly.

    Lack of proper drainage facilities on downstream side, resulting in bulging and general slogginess along the toe.

    1960, The Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India)
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    The actor's uncompromising work stands in stark contrast to the rest of the film, which has a liberal-humanist slogginess.

    2000, New York - Volume 33, page 45

    He shook off the remaining slogginess of the deep sleep he was in and realized that the nightmare he stared at in the smartphone's screen was indeed real and not just another freaky dream segment.

    2014, David B. Hayze, Black Side of the Green Line: Halcyon Siege, →ISBN

Origin

From sloggy + -ness.

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APA

slogginess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slogginess

MLA

“slogginess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slogginess. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slogginess,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slogginess.

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