Definition of Sandiness

1. Noun. A texture resembling that of sand.

Generic synonyms: Coarseness, Graininess, Granularity
Derivative terms: Sandy

Definition of Sandiness

1. n. The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.

Definition of Sandiness

1. Noun. The property of containing or resembling sand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sandiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandiness

sandhill crane
sandhill cranes
sandhiller
sandhillers
sandhills
sandhis
sandhoff disease
sandhog
sandhogs
sandhopper
sandhoppers
sandier
sandiest
sandifer syndrome
sandily
sandiness (current term)
sandinesses
sanding
sanding sheet
sandings
sandish
sandiver
sandivers
sandix
sandlapper
sandlappers
sandless
sandlike
sandling
sandlings

Literary usage of Sandiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"... the more notable for its sandy habitat, though sandiness at the bottom of the sea does not imply sterility in the same sense as sandiness on the land. ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"... the more notable for its sandy habitat, though sandiness at the bottom of the sea does not imply sterility in the same sense as sandiness on the land. ..."

3. Census Reports Tenth Census. June 1, 1880 by Francis Amasa Walker, Charles Williams Seaton, Henry Gannett (1884)
"... taken from 18 inches to 3£ feet No. 118. Red, sandy loam, taken from 3£ to 7£ feet. No. 119. Reddish sandy loam, increasing in sandiness with the depth, ..."

4. Report of Progress by Robert Brough Smyth (1883)
"Reddish sandy loam, increasing in sandiness with the depth, and becoming yellowish in color; taken from 7 J to 9J feet. No. 120. ..."

5. Prodromus: Or, An Inquiry Into the First Principles of Reasoning; Including by Sir Graves Champney Haughton (1839)
"Let the reader, therefore, never forget, that all Abstract Terms must come under the same law as saltness, sandiness, sponginess, ..."

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