What does broodiness mean?
Broodiness means The state of being broody..
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The state of being broody..
In contrast, egg-producing white leghorn chickens have had the broodiness bred out of them.
Bohmes Liebeslied, for flute and piano, is arresting in its low-key broodiness; Bittersweet Music I, its piccolo a lonely bird in its nervous twitters, continued the despairing mood.
When a hen shows signs of broodiness remove her to the sitting-room.
Use broodiness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Broodiness means The state of being broody..
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In contrast, egg-producing white leghorn chickens have had the broodiness bred out of them.
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