Astoundingness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being astounding. uncountable

    "Klauser defended himself in but a jumbled way. He could plead only the comparative astoundingness of the fact that Rodman Harvey should have been found at his place of business at that hour."

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"Klauser defended himself in but a jumbled way. He could plead only the comparative astoundingness of the fact that Rodman Harvey should have been found at his place of business at that hour."

Etymology

From astounding + -ness.

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