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perˈsuasiveness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Persuasive quality; power of persuasion.
1611Florio, Persuasibilità, perswasiuenesse. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. i. §34 The best perswasiveness of his flattery, consisted in down-right arguments of gold and silver. 1715–20Pope Iliad iii. 271 note, Nestor's Eloquence..consisted in Softness and Persuasiveness. 1881W. Collins Bl. Robe i. iv. 164 There was a tender persuasiveness in her tones. |