abrasivenessn.
/əˈbreɪsɪvnᵻs/, /əˈbreɪzɪvnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈbreɪsɪvnᵻs/, /əˈbreɪzɪvnᵻs/ The quality of being abrasive (literal and figurative).
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1844 A. Ure Recent Improvem. Arts, Manuf., & Mines 220 Causticity and abrasiveness were the chief characteristics.
1957 Stanford Law Rev. 9 650 A gamut of more open competition and politicking which would heighten the abrasiveness of law-school life and put a premium on hateful sorts of aggressive self-assertion.
2007 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. 14 Do they actually hand-pick staff for their abrasiveness and poor social skills, or are they simply overworked and underpaid?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1844- to the safeguard of
- to the same
- to the same purpose
- to the satisfaction of
- to the scout
- to the sea
- to the seaward
- to the seaward of
- to the seawards
- to the second order
- to the semblance of; to have or take the semblance of; in semblance of
- to the semblance of; to have or take the semblance of; in the semblance of
- to the sense
- to the shoreward
- to the show
- to the show of the world
- to the showers
- to the side
- to the skies
- to the skin
- to the skinward
- to the sky
- to the skyward
- to the soul
- to the south-eastward