Meanings
plural abrasivenesses
- countableuncountableThe property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
The only abrasivenesses in her stories are the ones she deliberately puts there to be smoothed away as her fictional children progress towards the desired conclusion – so that she can begin another story and do the same thing all over again.
2013, Victor Watson, Reading Series Fiction: From Arthur Ransome to Gene Kemp
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French abrasivité
- abrasivitéthe property of being abrasive
Italian abrasività
- abrasivitàthe property of being abrasive
Portuguese abrasividade
- abrasividadethe property of being abrasive
Swedish strävhet
- strävhetthe property of being abrasive
Ukrainian абразивність
- абразивність (abrazyvnistʹ)the property of being abrasive
Cite this entry
abrasiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abrasiveness
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