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  • noun The state or condition of being propulsive.

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Examples

  • But what the film lacks in substance is compensated for via sheer propulsiveness, staggering inventiveness, and mind-boggling visuals.

    Blog De Ganz | Archive | January 2005

  • It doesn't have the high-decibel propulsiveness of "Vs." or even the off-again-on-again brilliance of 1994's "Vitalogy," and it's certainly not the career-reviving blast that the band, its label and its fans were hoping for.

    We've Heard Vedder 2007

  • The rhythmical energy and propulsiveness thus imparted to the music of the merrymaking is heightened by the dance.

    A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888

  • That propulsiveness, along with an infatuation with the imagery of the early days of flight, returns in Mr. Miyazaki's

    NYT > Home Page By MIKE HALE 2011

  • The latter movements thrived on the music's rhythmic propulsiveness and aggressive swagger.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The latter movements thrived on the music's rhythmic propulsiveness and aggressive swagger.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The latter movements thrived on the music's rhythmic propulsiveness and aggressive swagger.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • Kay Hanley brought to the fictional band's lead vocals the same balls-out propulsiveness that she gave Letters to Cleo's hits during the 1990s, and her fiery delivery of such terrific tunes as "3 Small Words" and Duritz's "Spin Around" lend them a credibility that the film itself sorely lacks.

    feeling listless 2009

  • At first I thought the dancers were working against the drumming, or ignoring its insistent propulsiveness.

    Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com 2009

  • The New York Times said, "The rhythmic sounds are those that accompany Indian Kathak dance, and Mr. Battle uses their complexity and propulsiveness as an inspiration for a highly kinetic, demandingly coordinated dance that incorporates sudden scissoring jumps, low stamping, a contracting torso and fluttering hands - often all at the same time."

    Chattanooga Pulse 2008

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