unwonted
adjective
not customary or usual; rare.
unwontedness
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a word derived from
unwonted.
Example Sentences
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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 Edith Wharton
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
But in proportion to the unwontedness of such a calamity befalling Lacedaemonians, a widespread mourning fell upon the whole Laconian army, those alone excepted whose sons or fathers or brothers had died at their post.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
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
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
