Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being diffusive: as, the diffusiveness of odors.
  • noun The quality or state of being diffuse, as an author or his style; verboseness; copiousness of words or expression.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.

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  • noun The state or quality of being diffusive.

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Examples

  • In proportion as charity is methodical, it is apt to become cold; and though we cannot plead for that diffusiveness which is bounded by no prescribed limits, regulated by no order, or influenced by no preferences, yet care should be taken lest it suffer by restriction.

    Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II Francis Augustus Cox 1818

  • That reminded theologians of a theme of ancient Christian thought, the self-diffusiveness of the divine goodness, itself with a background in the best paganism (the gods are not envious).

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • After all the novel's divisiveness, here diffusiveness.

    Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian 2008

  • Those that turn their noses at neat applications of patchouli may enjoy perfumes that envelop patchouli and utilize its diffusiveness to highlight other ingredients.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Michelle Krell Kydd 2009

  • Unlike the many fragrant plants that are used in perfumery, tea is a subtle note without much diffusiveness.

    Tea and Perfume, Part II: Tea Notes Ayala Sender 2009

  • Those that turn their noses at neat applications of patchouli may enjoy perfumes that envelop patchouli and utilize its diffusiveness to highlight other ingredients.

    Patchouli: From Haute to Not and Back Again Michelle Krell Kydd 2009

  • The diffusiveness if very low and even with dilution in alcohol it only opens up very little.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Ayala Sender 2009

  • The diffusiveness if very low and even with dilution in alcohol it only opens up very little.

    Tea and Perfume, Part II: Tea Notes Ayala Sender 2009

  • Unlike the many fragrant plants that are used in perfumery, tea is a subtle note without much diffusiveness.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Ayala Sender 2009

  • Massol, one of those lawyers who mistake the faculty of endless speech for eloquence, who possess the art of boring by diffusiveness, the torment of all meetings and assemblies where they belittle everything, and who desire to become personages at any cost, — Massol no longer wanted the place as Keeper of the

    A Daughter of Eve 2007

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