He dislikes unexpectedness and emergencies of any kind.
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Unexpectedness
Synonyms for "unexpectedness" (21 found)
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անսպասելիություն noun (the state of being unexpected)
Finnish
1 entries- odottamattomuus noun (the state of being unexpected)
Hungarian
1 entries- váratlanság noun (the state of being unexpected)
Manx
1 entries- neuyerkid noun (the state of being unexpected)
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For one of the chief accounts, upon which Wit it self is delightful, is, in very many cases, the unexpectedness of the things that please us; that unexpectedness being the highest Degree of Novelty, which, as I freshly noted, does exceedingly gratifie most Men’s minds.
Source: wiktionary
[…] all in an instant, without having before given me the least reason to suspect any thing of the matter, he forced me into the barge; saying, I was going to leave him, but he would take care I should not. I was so struck with the unexpectedness of this proceeding, that for some time I did not make a reply […]
Source: wiktionary
[…] he perceived a new attraction in the idea of taking to himself a young lady who had qualified herself to figure in his collection of choice objects by rejecting the splendid offer of a British aristocrat. Gilbert Osmond had a high appreciation of the British aristocracy—he had never forgiven Providence for not making him an English duke—and could measure the unexpectedness of this conduct.
Source: wiktionary
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