interesting
adjective
engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity.
interestingness
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a word derived from
interesting.
Example Sentences
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From her gravity-defying pile of curls and delightfully bold lipstick to her multiple degrees and museum exhibits, the couple’s apparent disparity in interestingness only makes their mysterious relationship more compelling.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2018
“I had no achievements or possessions that proved I was a serious person,” she reflects; therefore, she is eternally out to impress onlookers, to project interestingness.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2017
“You get a little bit of the interestingness of a cocktail,” he said, regarding the drink.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2016
“By not sharing anything of his dark side, the complexities of his life, you’re sort of shortchanging the true complexity and interestingness of the story.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2011
But I give always my interest, not according to the interestingness, but rather to the necessitude, of each.”
From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable
