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n. - Gloomy semidarkness caused by visible masses of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude; The state of the sky when it is covered by visible masses of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

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  • Eventually the cloudiness is such that you can't see through it anymore.
  • Perception cloudiness is the only hope we have to forego the greatest economic disaster since the Black Death.
  • "All these things I change turn off the 'cloudiness' of it," Staten says.
  • We have kind of a mix of clear skies and cloudiness.
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