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ˈfigurativeness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being figurative.
a1729S. Clarke Serm. II. cxxii. 45 From the figurativeness..of these expressions. 1816J. Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 227 Dispense with the figurativeness of Bacon's style! 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. iv. §8 The precepts..of Revelation, notwithstanding their brevity and figurativeness. 1881Athenæum No. 2811. 328/2 The figurativeness of another kind of which..Rossetti's sonnets are so full. |