[f. EDGY + -NESS.] The condition of having the outlines too clearly marked; angularity, hardness of outline. Also fig.

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1822.  Blackw. Mag., XI. 427. It would supply an excellent study for a painter; all edginess … is gone.

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1877.  Morley, Crit. Misc., Ser. II. 391. To be clear, acute, and definite, without that edginess and inelasticity.

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