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Definition of Bumpiness
1. Noun. The texture of a surface that has many bumps.
Definition of Bumpiness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being bumpy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bumpiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumpiness
Literary usage of Bumpiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dramatic Values by Charles Edward Montague (1911)
"The nets 'ave apples in them '' —your feeling may be partly one of irritation at
the bumpiness suggested by these long, rapid sequences of full stops ..."
2. More Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden by Maria Theresa Villiers Earle (1899)
"... in various stages of bumpiness and without a single flower, as is often the
case, leaves me cold and rather depressed. But to grow a certain number is ..."
3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1895)
"No pavement is noiseless, but in this particular brick comes next to asphalt and
excels granite, being quite devoid of the " bumpiness " which characterizes ..."
4. The Triumph of the N. C.'s by George Conrad Westervelt, Holden Chester Richardson, Albert Cushing Read (1920)
"About this time the air, which had at no time been very quiet, increased in
bumpiness. We were then at about 1000 feet. A slow climb was started to 1800 ..."
5. Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours: With a Discussion of Aircraft in by Arthur Whitten Brown, Alan Bott (1920)
"A line of hills straight ahead was responsible for much "bumpiness" in the
atmosphere, and made climbing very difficult. At times the strong wind dropped ..."
6. Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1900)
"It is during this black ice that the ice-boats are most in requisition; for the
bumpiness so often experienced when snow has settled on the frozen surface ..."
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