allusiveness
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Definition(s):
- (n) a quality characterized by indirect reference
Usage(s):
- Numbers lack the allusiveness of words, their reverberations, their playfulness how they rub up against one another and transform themselves.
- All this allusiveness nearly swamps Rosales' story.
- Some of the rich allusiveness of Lowry's prose may lave been lost in the process, but much has been gained in the way of clear meaning and emotional immediacy.
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