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arrestiveness

arrestiveness noun: the quality of being arrestive.

Noun

arrestiveness (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The quality of being arrestive.
    • […] Mr. Markino in his quaint English has sometimes an arrestiveness almost equal to Thomas Carlyle’s. There is real style in it. He has evolved a grammar of his own which is strikingly effective.1910, Douglas Sladen, “An Appreciation” in Yoshio Markino, A Japanese Artist in London, London: Chatto & Windus, p. vii
    Synonyms:
    strikingness

Synonyms of arrestiveness

Origin of arrestiveness

From arrestive + -ness.

Questions about arrestiveness

What does arrestiveness mean?
Arrestiveness means the quality of being arrestive.
What part of speech is arrestiveness?
Arrestiveness is a noun.

Words near arrestiveness in the dictionary

  1. arrestingly
  2. arrestingness
  3. arrestins
  4. arrestive
  5. arrestively
  6. arrestiveness
  7. arrestment
  8. arrestments
  9. arrestor
  10. arrestors
  11. arrests

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