allusiveness
- a word derived from allusive.
Example Sentences
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For all its severity, eating-disorder literature is not conservative in its allusiveness.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2019
But Mr. Garland’s goal isn’t clarity: it’s allusiveness, and a style of entertainment that swings freely between adventure, some of it silly, and serious mystery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2018
For the most part, however, the photographs are stages upon which Cole performs his erudite allusiveness.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2017
Yet Mr. Begley’s book lacks a certain richness and allusiveness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2014
In interesting relation to the group, and merely of superficial interest, are his hasty notes, his occasional efforts to write in English or in French, his touches of musical allusiveness.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
