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communicativeness

communicativeness noun: the state or quality of being communicative.

Noun

communicativeness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being communicative.
    • Her brief spurt of communicativeness lapsed suddenly, as if these market-values of her goods might be telling too much about herself.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 103

Origin of communicativeness

From communicative + -ness.

Questions about communicativeness

What does communicativeness mean?
Communicativeness means the state or quality of being communicative.
What part of speech is communicativeness?
Communicativeness is a noun.

Words near communicativeness in the dictionary

  1. Communicationssprache
  2. communicative
  3. communicative competence
  4. communicative competences
  5. communicatively
  6. communicativeness
  7. communicator
  8. communicators
  9. communicatory
  10. communicatrices
  11. communicatrix

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