Arrestiveness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Arrestiveness is a noun meaning (dated) The quality of being arrestive.
Meaning
(dated) The quality of being arrestive.
Example Sentences
1910, Douglas Sladen, “An Appreciation” in Yoshio Markino, A Japanese Artist in London, London: Chatto & Windus, p. vii, […] 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.
Synonyms for arrestiveness
Depending on context, synonyms include strikingness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arrestability, arrestingness, restiveness, restrainedness, anal-retentiveness, agitatedness.
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