unceremoniousness

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unceremonious +‎ -ness

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unceremoniousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unceremonious.
    • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:
      It did assist; for though he began with grave looks and short questions, he was soon led on to talk of them all in the usual way, and to take the child out of her arms with all the unceremoniousness of perfect amity.

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