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Definition of Surprisingness
1. Noun. Extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected. "The unexpectedness of the warm welcome"
Generic synonyms: Extraordinariness
Derivative terms: Surprising, Unexpected
Antonyms: Expectedness
Definition of Surprisingness
1. Noun. The condition of being surprising ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surprisingness
Literary usage of Surprisingness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1846)
"This is a most awful dispensation of divine providence indeed, whether we consider
the suddenness and surprisingness of the stroke, or his very great worth ..."
2. Lectures and Essays by Alfred Ainger (1905)
"... in another outburst equally witty in the surprisingness of its invention, his
disgust with men and things, by declaring, " I would I were a weaver! ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin (1819)
"They vied with each other in the gorgeousness, the pedantry and the surprisingness
of their devices ; but the palm was surely due to him of the number who ..."
4. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin (1826)
"They vied with each other in the gorgeousness, the pedantry, and the surprisingness
of their devices; but the palm was surely due to him of the number who ..."
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