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Definition of "coltishness" []

  • The state or condition of being coltish. (noun)

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Use "coltishness" in a sentence
  • "There's some coltishness here, with occasional imprecision in the writing Mya's encounter with a strangely behaving man in a parking garage should have been suspense gold but just feels awkward and attenuated and mismatched performances but the good far outweighs the bad."
  • "There were not many weapons in her arsenal beyond baby-smooth skin, lovely eyes, and an appealing coltishness—but her aim was true."
  • "` ` Trim '' is as clumsy as ` ` slender ''; she had escaped from the trimness of girlhood as wholly as she had gone through its coltishness."