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Grammar : Noun

Spell : ruhf

Phonetic Transcription : rʌf

Definition of roughness

Origin : late 14c., from rough (adj.) + -ness.

noun the quality of being rough on the surface
noun the quality of being rough in conduct
noun coarseness

Example sentences :

And yet sometimes the men of the sea in their roughness are imaginative.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

It brought him nearer to the land, which, with all its roughness, he felt to be the true life for him.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Also remove any roughness on surface "B" caused by pliers when cover was removed.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

It is a great pity you should ever be called to bear any of the roughness of life.
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

Vose explained that the leakage was due to the roughness of the trail.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

For a time the roughness of the road required her attention.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

All his roughness of the morning had disappeared, and he greeted Dan beamingly.
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

The making of a fortune cannot be achieved without some roughness.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

But it lacked the roughness and humidity of the finest grass.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

There came a new swaying that was not the roughness of the terrain.
Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay

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