unwonted
adjective
not customary or usual; rare.
unwontedness
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a word derived from
unwonted.
Example Sentences
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Nor, again, was I surprised at my own garments, although I might well have been from their unwontedness.
From A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson by William Morris
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 Edith Wharton
Amazing to me was their appearance because of the unwontedness of their trappings both in form and in garb.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn
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 Alice Morse Earle
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
