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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

While Choi was interested in the possible unreality of her characters, Hall’s theme in “Trinity” turns out to be the cast’s irreducible mysteriousness.

From The New Yorker Apr. 17, 2019

In Mann’s photographs, past and future exult in their mysteriousness.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 2019

Some, defeated by the mysteriousness of dad’s desires, enlist dad in picking out his own gift.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2018

“Yes, but there is more to it than that,” he said, with maddening mysteriousness.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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