diffusive
adjective
diffusiveness
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a word derived from
diffusive.
Example Sentences
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THE RULEBOOK: NEAR, FAR “It is a known fact in human nature, that its affections are commonly weak in proportion to the distance or diffusiveness of the object.”
From Fox News ● Aug. 19, 2019
It was real slushy in its copiousness and diffusiveness.
From The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy by Flipper, Henry Ossian
This is inquiry, not a mere interrogative, but to express that the person addressed has not been clearly understood, perhaps from the vagueness or diffusiveness of his expressions.
And from this diffusiveness of the nature of good it follows, that the best and most accomplished men are inclined to converse with persons of the highest condition.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
Thus the sublime is often conveyed in a single thought,29 but amplification can only subsist with a certain prolixity and diffusiveness.
From On the Sublime by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)
