mysteriousness
Americannoun
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the quality of being full of mystery or suggesting a mystery.
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the quality of being beyond understanding or difficult to figure out.
Example Sentences
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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 has been a favorite of hers since high school because of its mysteriousness — it asks big questions without offering an answer.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 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
Some, defeated by the mysteriousness of dad’s desires, enlist dad in picking out his own gift.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2018
In secondary school she had been the bubbly tomboy, very tall and skinny and straightforward, not armed with the mysteriousness of girls.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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