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  • noun The state or condition of being jowly.

Etymologies

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jowly +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • And he is wearing his neckcloths higher on his neck to conceal his jowliness, but I have pretended not to notice.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • And he is wearing his neckcloths higher on his neck to conceal his jowliness, but I have pretended not to notice.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • But keep in mind that anything too purply will age you and bring attention to jowliness, and too waxy is very out of fashion.

    Archive 2006-04-09 PeaceBang 2006

  • But keep in mind that anything too purply will age you and bring attention to jowliness, and too waxy is very out of fashion.

    Is Your Mascara Toxic? PeaceBang 2006

  • But keep in mind that anything too purply will age you and bring attention to jowliness, and too waxy is very out of fashion.

    Make-Up Tips, Part I PeaceBang 2006

  • Edward had run to fat in middle-age and the angry flush now mantling his face emphasised his heavy jowliness.

    Unwanted Wedding Jordan, Penny 1995

  • It is a disconcerting moment, not least because Felix looks very like his father - the same warm eyes, perpetual half-smile and toothy jowliness.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Britain's envoy pigeon-toed it from the hall wearing an inbred public-school jowliness which he perhaps thought was manly.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

  • Also, excessive jowliness and abuse of bowler hats.

    Comedy Central Insider Blog jeff barnosky 2008

  • Personally, I didn’t mind him – even though his languid vowels and premature jowliness not to mention the absurd tailored safari jacket he wore all the time with a check Viyella shirt gave him a certain cartoonish quality.

    A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003

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