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inexpectedness

inexpectedness is the obsolete form of unexpectedness.

Meaning of unexpectedness

Noun

unexpectedness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being unexpected.
    • For one of the chief accounts, upon which Wit it self is delightful, is, in very many cases, the unexpectedness of the things that please us; that unexpectedness being the highest Degree of Novelty, which, as I freshly noted, does exceedingly gratifie most Men’s minds.1665, Robert Boyle, “A Discourse Touching Occasional Meditations”, in Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects, London: Henry Herringman, Section 2, Chapter 1, p. 15

Origin of inexpectedness

From inexpected + -ness.

Questions about inexpectedness

What is inexpectedness the obsolete form of?
Inexpectedness is the obsolete form of unexpectedness.

Words near inexpectedness in the dictionary

  1. inexpectancy
  2. inexpectant
  3. inexpectation
  4. inexpected
  5. inexpectedly
  6. inexpectedness
  7. inexpedience
  8. inexpediences
  9. inexpediencies
  10. inexpediency
  11. inexpedient

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