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haziness

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haz·y  (hz)
adj. haz·i·er, haz·i·est
1. Marked by the presence of haze; misty: hazy sunshine.
2. Unclear, confused, or uncertain: I have only a hazy notion of what she wants. I'm a bit hazy on the new budget.

[Origin unknown.]

hazi·ly adv.
hazi·ness n.
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Noun1.haziness - vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined
vagueness - unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning; "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"
2.haziness - cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
murkiness, cloudiness, muddiness - the quality of being cloudy
Translations
haziness [ˈheɪzɪnɪs] N
1. [of view, horizon, sky] → nebulosidad f
the haziness of the morning gave the landscape a mysterious air (due to mist) → la bruma or neblina de la mañana daba al paisaje un aire de misterio; (due to heat) → la calina de la mañana daba al paisaje un aire de misterio
2. (fig) (= vagueness) → confusión f, vaguedad f
haziness
n
(of sunshine)Trübheit f; (of view, outline, vision, surroundings)Verschwommenheit f; due to the haziness of the weatherwegen des dunstigen or diesigen Wetters
(of ideas, memory, details)Unklarheit f, → Vagheit f


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Experience has suggested the brief introductory statement of main literary principles, too often taken for granted by teachers, with much resulting haziness in the student's mind.
Even as he did so he thought he perceived a certain haziness of eye and speech in his trustee; but he was too hopeful to be stayed, silenced the voice of warning in his bosom, and with one and the same gesture committed the money to the clerk, and himself into the hands of destiny.
Even the heavens seemed to share in the dried appearance of the earth, for the sun was concealed by a haziness in the atmosphere, which looked like a thin smoke without a particle of moisture, if such a thing were possible.
 
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