Definition of "balefulness" []

• The characteristic of being baleful. (noun)

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• "Here the technique of under-describing, withholding, comes startlingly to the fore, that other great technique for communicating balefulness."
• "Matters were not helped by the presence of Alex, whose totally withdrawn silence and dark, bitter and brooding countenance could be all too easily misinterpreted as balefulness: the von Karajans were not to know that Alex regarded his parents, whom he held in vast respect and affection, with exactly the same expression."
• "At this, she looked full upon him, and already she had something in the nature of a surprise for him; for so powerful was the still balefulness of her glance that he was slightly startled."