brackishness

How to use brackishness in a sentence

• The water had a suspiciously transparent colour and a slight trace of brackishness, but the latter was scarcely perceptible.

  Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia | William John Wills

• At first the brackishness in the water repelled him; but almost at once he found himself accepting it with avidity.

  The Haunters of the Silences | Charles G. D. Roberts