huskiness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of being big and strong
    ruggedness; toughness.
  2. noun a throaty harshness
    hoarseness; gruffness.

WordNet

Hus"ki*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The state of being husky.
  2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness of voice. G. Eliot.

Webster 1913