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unˈusualness
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The quality of being unusual or exceptional.
1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love To Rdr., The vn⁓usualnesse of their Methode. 1626C. Potter tr. Sarpi's Hist. Quarrels 399 Beleeuing it an indignity (besides the vnusualnesse of the matter) which would diminish his Reputation. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 9 Varying the way of pronunciation, according to the unusualness and difficulty of several sounds to several Countries. 1718Entertainer No. 43. 306 Some Persons..wondered at the Unusualness of his Running in that Place. a1754Carte Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 402 The unusualness of the thing served to countenance the unreasonable outcries. 1836M. Scott Cruise Midge I. 120 Totally unconscious of the unusualness of her costume. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. iv, The answer may seem to be..in..a certain unusualness about her, a decision of will. |