unusualnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈjuːʒʊəlnəs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈjuːʒ(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈjuʒ(əw)əlnəs/ The quality of being unusual or exceptional.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun]
particularity1570
unusualness1579
egregiousness1606
remarkableness1623
extraordinarinessa1665
unusuality1799
remarkability1838
exceptionality1854
exceptionalness1886
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness
unusualness1579
unusednessa1586
unwontedness1591
insolency?1612
insolencea1631
uncommonness1705
unfamiliarity1755
unusuality1799
out-of-the-wayness1800
unaccustomedness1866
1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue To Rdr. The vn~usualnesse of their Methode.
1626 C. Potter tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Quarrels 399 Beleeuing it an indignity (besides the vnusualnesse of the matter) which would diminish his Reputation.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 9 Varying the way of pronunciation, according to the unusualness and difficulty of several sounds to several Countries.
1718 Entertainer No. 43. 306 Some Persons..wondered at the Unusualness of his Running in that Place.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 402 The unusualness of the thing served to countenance the unreasonable outcries.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge iv. 67 Totally unconscious of the unusualness of her costume.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. iv. 68 The answer may seem to lie..in..a certain unusualness about her, a decision of will.
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