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mysteriousness

American  
[mi-steer-ee-uhs-nis] / mɪˈstɪər i əs nɪs /

noun

  1. the quality of being full of mystery or suggesting a mystery.

  2. the quality of being beyond understanding or difficult to figure out.


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Maybe it's something about the innate mysteriousness and independence of cats, which often behave more like demanding roommates than pets.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2022

It seems possible that the more you let the public see the royal family, the less they are going to feel that the royals have an untouchable, appealing mysteriousness about them.

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2022

“Outer Range” plays like an epic indie film that savors its mysteriousness.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2022

“Explaining it away,” you betray the mysteriousness of the process, which plays out differently from artist to artist, and from day-to-day.

From Washington Post Mar. 25, 2020

I didn’t think it was lame so much as more of Alaska’s intentional vagueness, another example of her furthering her own mysteriousness.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

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