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suggestiveness|səˈdʒɛstɪvnɪs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being suggestive.
1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. ii. iii. §15 There is not the commonest subject to which he will not attach a range of suggestiveness almost limitless. 1875Whitney Life Lang. viii. 141 The etymological suggestiveness of a term. 1880H. James Madonna of Future 17 Think..of the mother's face and its ineffable suggestiveness. 1888M. S. van de Velde Random Recollections of Courts & Society x. 252 Some foreigners..wondered at the excessive licence she permitted herself on the English stage, and the marked suggestiveness of her looks and gestures. 1913Mrs. Belloc Lowndes Diary 7 Jan. (1971) 42 We talked of English prudery, and..of The Rosary and its wonderful success, and I said I felt sure this was owing to the suggestiveness of certain scenes. 1963L. Deighton Horse under Water xxiii. 100, I noticed Singleton's lip curl..at H. K.'s suggestiveness.
So suggeˈstivity. rare.
1842Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. i, Taking down rather the heads and the suggestivity (if we may use the phrase) of Miss Tickletoby's discourse. |