Usually means: Quality of being stiff, firm.
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  1. starchness: Merriam-Webster
  2. starchness: Wordnik
  3. starchness: Wiktionary
  4. Starchness: Dictionary.com
  5. Starchness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. starchness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Starchness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. starchness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. starchness: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Starchness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (starchness)

▸ noun:  Stiffness of manner; preciseness.
▸ noun:  The quality of being starched; stiff formality.

Similar:
starchedness, starch, rigidity, stiffness, starchiness, firmness, stringentness, nicety, strictness, staidness, more...

Opposite:
flimsiness, flexibility, pliability, suppleness

Types:
flaccid, limp, droopy, saggy, slack, more...

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Similar:
starchedness, starch, rigidity, stiffness, starchiness, firmness, stringentness, nicety, strictness, staidness, more...

Opposite:
flimsiness, flexibility, pliability, suppleness

Types:
flaccid, limp, droopy, saggy, slack, more...



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