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unexpectedness - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun unexpected .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
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unexpected + -ness
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He waves his hand between us and I know that he is referring to the unexpectedness of our feelings for each other.
A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010
He waves his hand between us and I know that he is referring to the unexpectedness of our feelings for each other.
A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010
Never did Nature provide a more convenient resting-place for twin-glasses, than the ridge of Miss Thusa's nose, which rose with a sudden, majestic elevation, suggesting the idea of unexpectedness in the mind of the beholder.
Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Caroline Lee Hentz 1828
So it degenerates into a species of word-juggleery that at first astonishes by its unexpectedness , then pleases by its dexterity, and finally offends by reason if its misplaced ingenuity.
Paradox and Chesterton 2009
So it degenerates into a species of word-juggleery that at first astonishes by its unexpectedness , then pleases by its dexterity, and finally offends by reason if its misplaced ingenuity.
2009 March | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009
The delightful part of reading through the list of honorees is the unexpectedness of acknowledging both men and women for their contributions, and the fact that many of the names are both unpronounceable and unfamiliar.
Tamar Abrams: Who Would You Add to Women Deliver List of 100 Heroes? Tamar Abrams 2011
The delightful part of reading through the list of honorees is the unexpectedness of acknowledging both men and women for their contributions, and the fact that many of the names are both unpronounceable and unfamiliar.
Tamar Abrams: Who Would You Add to Women Deliver List of 100 Heroes? Tamar Abrams 2011
For me, the whole charm of this kind of art is its unpredictability, its unexpectedness .
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak on Interfictions 2 2010
I like it best of your tiles so far … it has a simplicity and elegance of composition, and the crystals in the blue glaze give it unexpectedness .
Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Carp Tile 2010
While Miss West was telling of the unexpectedness of the voyage, of how suddenly she had decided to come -- she accounted for it as a whim -- and while she told of all the complications she had encountered in her haste of preparation, I found myself casting up a tally of the efficient ones on board the Elsinore.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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