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mysteriousness

American  
[mi-steer-ee-uhs-nis] / mɪˈstɪər i əs nɪs /

noun

  1. the quality of being full of mystery or suggesting a mystery.

  2. the quality of being beyond understanding or difficult to figure out.


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Maybe it's something about the innate mysteriousness and independence of cats, which often behave more like demanding roommates than pets.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022

It seems possible that the more you let the public see the royal family, the less they are going to feel that the royals have an untouchable, appealing mysteriousness about them.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022

While Choi was interested in the possible unreality of her characters, Hall’s theme in “Trinity” turns out to be the cast’s irreducible mysteriousness.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2019

Some, defeated by the mysteriousness of dad’s desires, enlist dad in picking out his own gift.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2018

In secondary school she had been the bubbly tomboy, very tall and skinny and straightforward, not armed with the mysteriousness of girls.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie