uncommonness

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At the same time, the uncommonness of his big-picture analysis and the apparent difficulty of tracking down Cops’ more reluctant participants speak to their arduousness.

From Slate • May 24, 2019

What is telling is that his uncommonness is not marshaled on the show to help comedy’s commoners.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2014

It is only when people refuse to admit the uncommonness of some persons and the circumstances surrounding them, that erroneous conceits are nourished, and their feelings pained.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

The uncommonness of the proposal raised, at once, his surprise and curiosity; and when, after a short deliberation, he consented to admit her, he could not stay, without impatience, till the next day.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

To look at her, one would say that she liked its wild adventure, its very uncommonness.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. by Lever, Charles James