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Abstersiveness
Abstersiveness Ab*ster"sive*ness, n.
The quality of being abstersive. --Fuller.
Abusiveness
Abusiveness A*bu"sive*ness, n.
The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or
violence to the person.
Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground,
Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. --Herbert.
Adhesiveness
Adhesiveness Ad*he"sive*ness, n.
1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity
of union.
2. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to
persons, and to promote social intercourse.
AggressivenessAggressive Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;
making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. Allusiveness
Allusiveness Al*lu"sive*ness, n.
The quality of being allusive.
AmusivenessAmusive A*mu"sive (?; 277), a.
Having power to amuse or entertain the mind; fitted to excite
mirth. [R.] -- A*mu"sive*ly, adv. -- A*mu"sive*ness, n. Apprehensiveness
Apprehensiveness Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness, n.
The quality or state of being apprehensive.
CohesivenessCohesive Co*he"sive, a.
1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as,
cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive
force.
2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of
cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. --
Co*he"sive*ly, adv. -- Co*he"sive*ness, n. CollusivenessCollusive Col*lu"sive, a.
1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
``Collusive and sophistical arguings.' --J. Trapp.
``Collusive divorces.' --Strype.
2. Acting in collusion. ``Collusive parties.' --Burke. --
Col*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- Col*lu"sive*ness, n. Comprehensiveness
Comprehensiveness Com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n.
The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.
Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on
ancient coins. --Addison.
Conclusiveness
Conclusiveness Con*clu"sive*ness, n.
The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
CorrosivenessCorrosive Cor*ro"sive, n.
1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away
gradually.
[Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically
destroying the part, or indirectly by causing
inflammation and gangrene. --Dunglison.
2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives.
--Hooker.
-- Cor*ro"sive*ly, adv. -- Cor*ro"sive*ness, n. DelusivenessDelusive De*lu"sive, a. [See Delude.]
Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind;
deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive
dream.
Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. --Whewell.
-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n. DepressivenessDepressive De*press"ive, a.
Able or tending to depress or cast down. --
De*press"ive*ness, n. DerisivenessDerisive De*ri"sive, a.
Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.
``Derisive taunts.' --Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. --
De*ri"sive*ness, n. Detersiveness
Detersiveness De*ter"sive*ness, n.
The quality of cleansing.
Diffusiveness
Diffusiveness Dif*fu"sive*ness, n.
The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse;
extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style:
Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its
diffusiveness. --Addison.
DiscursivenessDiscursive Dis*cur"sive, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See
Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide
field; roving; digressive; desultory. ``Discursive
notices.' --De Quincey.
The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not
intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt.
A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in
reasoning; argumentative.
Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive.
--Milton.
-- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n. DispersivenessDispersive Dis*pers"ive, a.
Tending to disperse.
Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material
in separating the different rays of light by refraction,
as when the substance is formed into a prism. --
Dis*pers"ive*ness, n. DivisivenessDivisive Di*vi"sive, a. [Cf. F. divisif.]
1. Indicating division or distribution. --Mede.
2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or
difference.
It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive
quality, and can not reach to the depths of
humanity. --J. C.
Shairp.
-- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n.
--Carlyle. EffusivenessEffusive Ef*fu"sive, a.
Pouring out; pouring forth freely. ``Washed with the effusive
wave.' --Pope.
Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from
so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. --
Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n. ElusivenessElusive E*lu"sive, a.
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly
escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all,
and all with hopes deceives. --Pope.
-- E*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- E*lu"sive*ness, n. ExcessivenessExcessive Ex*cess"ive, a. [Cf. F. excessif.]
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak.
Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous;
immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See
Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -Ex*cess"ive*ness,
n. Exclusiveness
Exclusiveness Ex*clu"sive*ness, n.
Quality of being exclusive.
ExcursivenessExcursive Ex*cur"sive, a.
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as,
an excursive fancy.
The course of excursive . . . understandings. --I.
Taylor.
-- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*cur"sive*ness,, n. ExpansivenessExpansive Ex*pan"sive, a. [Cf. F. expansif.]
Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive;
of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of
heat; the expansive quality of air.
A more expansive and generous compassion. --Eustace.
His forehead was broad and expansive. --Prescott.
-- Ex*pan"sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan"sive*ness, n. ExpensivenessExpensive Ex*pen"sive, a.
1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly;
dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or
family.
War is expensive, and peace desirable. --Burke.
2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad
scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.]
An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness.
--Sprat.
The idle and expensive are dangerous. --Sir W.
Temple.
Syn: Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. --
Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*pen"sive*ness, n. ExpressivenessExpressive Ex*press"ive, a. [Cf. F. expressif.]
1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative;
communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of
his gratitude.
Each verse so swells expressive of her woes.
--Tickell.
2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or
feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as,
expressive looks or words.
You have restrained yourself within the list of too
cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. --Shak.
Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly
spoke. --Littelton.
-- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n. Extensiveness
Extensiveness Ex*ten"sive*ness, n.
The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent;
diffusiveness.
Illusiveness
Illusiveness Il*lu"sive*ness, n.
The quality of being illusive; deceptiveness; false show.
Meaning of Sivene from wikipedia
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Chinese women of the
title are
Lisinga and her two friends,
Tangia and
Sivene. The only
other character is Lisinga's
brother Silango, who has just returned...
- and
Saibai islands. Two
South Sea
Islander lay
pastors named Josaia and
Sivene were
appointed to work as
missionary teachers at Mt
Cornwallis and Saibai...
- de un
libreto de Metastasio).
Marina Monzó (Lisinga),
Cristina Toledo (
Sivene), Marifé
Nogales (Tangia), José
Manuel Zapata (Silango). Dirección musical...
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mission on the island. Two
South Sea
Islander lay pastors,
Josaia and
Sivene, were
appointed to work as
missionary teachers at
Dauan and Saibai. LMS...
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Saibai by Nudai, the
chief of Dauan. Two
islander missionaries,
Josaia and
Sivene, were left at
Saibai and Dauan.
Further missionaries were left on Yorke...