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The airy invisibility of the stranger, the unwontedness of the scene, must have played havoc with the Colonel's credulity.

From The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various

At length his silence seemed to rouse her to the unwontedness of the situation, and she rose from her seat, saying in a more constrained tone, "I don't know why I've told you all this."

From The Greater Inclination by Wharton, Edith

We were all—even Claydon—ready to concede that Mrs. Grancy's unwontedness was in some degree a matter of environment.

From Crucial Instances by Wharton, Edith

Perhaps the maritime occupation of the Islanders made them enjoy with the zest of unwontedness this rural "shore-holiday."

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

Not because of the unwontedness of a return to English scenery; not because he was about to meet his parents, and settle down for awhile to English cottage life.

From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Hardy, Thomas