Definitions
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- noun the property or quality of being
abrasive
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- noun the quality of being sharply disagreeable
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Etymologies
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Examples
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The difference between candor and abrasiveness is pretty close.
Lessons From The World Business Forum Kris Ruby 2010
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"But to suggest his abrasiveness was a construct of the media doesn't really wash."
The oversimplified coverage of 'tough-talking' Rahm Emanuel Howard Kurtz 2010
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Presumably, this kind of abrasiveness is something they've seen behind closed doors. "
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Zosia Bielski 2010
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Presumably, this kind of abrasiveness is something they've seen behind closed doors. "
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Presumably, this kind of abrasiveness is something they've seen behind closed doors. "
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Zosia Bielski 2010
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"There are some questions about the corrosivity and the abrasiveness and the pressure and the temperature that need to be answered," Weimer said.
Robert Redford: Punching Back at Big Oil Robert Redford 2011
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"There are some questions about the corrosivity and the abrasiveness and the pressure and the temperature that need to be answered," Weimer said.
Robert Redford: Punching Back at Big Oil Robert Redford 2011
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"There are some questions about the corrosivity and the abrasiveness and the pressure and the temperature that need to be answered," Weimer said.
Robert Redford: Punching Back at Big Oil Robert Redford 2011
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For all its warmth and wit, the movie has a latent abrasiveness which eventually comes out in a Thravesian trademark: the eruption of unforeseeable violence.
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For all its warmth and wit, the movie has a latent abrasiveness which eventually comes out in a Thravesian trademark: the eruption of unforeseeable violence.
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