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1. Language or humour that is down-to-earth
   - saltiness
    
2. The quality of being composed of relatively large particles
   - graininess, granularity
    
3. Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
   - nubbiness, tweediness
    
4. The quality of lacking taste and refinement
   - commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch

Derived forms: coarsenesses

See also: coarse

Type of: expressive style, inelegance, raggedness, roughness, style