suggestiveness.

1. The capacity to imply, evoke or point toward meanings or possibilities beyond what is directly stated.

2. The quality of implying sexual meaning without stating it directly.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• suggestiveness of an image
• narrative suggestiveness

On the page

The image’s suggestiveness depended on what the reader had already learned about the room.

Narrative suggestiveness kept several possibilities open without making the sequence unclear.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: style analysis, interpretation, characterization, rhetorical contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.