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imˈpressiveness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. The quality of being impressible; susceptibility to impressions. Obs.
1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 57 That impressiveness of spirit which times of action and change..are generally attended with.
2. The character or quality of being impressive, or of making a deep impression on the mind, etc.
a1805Paley Serm. Several Subj. iv. (1827) 632/1 We think a great deal more frequently about it..and our thoughts of it have much more of vivacity and impressiveness. a1831A. Knox in Rem. (1844) I. 37 [It] makes them have the impressiveness of present facts. 1882B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. viii. 172 He spoke..with great impressiveness and eloquence. |