Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Huskiness \Hus"ki*ness\, n.
   1. The state of being husky.

   2. Roughness of sound; harshness; hoarseness; as, huskiness
      of voice. --G. Eliot.

Source : WordNet®

huskiness
     n 1: the property of being big and strong [syn: {ruggedness}, {toughness}]
     2: a throaty harshness [syn: {gruffness}, {hoarseness}]