abrasiveness

English

Etymology

From abrasive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

abrasiveness (countable and uncountable, plural abrasivenesses)

1. The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
   • 2013, Victor Watson, Reading Series Fiction: From Arthur Ransome to Gene Kemp‎:

     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.

Translations

the property of being abrasive

French: abrasivité (fr) f Italian: abrasività f Portuguese: abrasividade f