Wilde was a conventional man: his unconventionality was the very pedantry of convention: never was there a man less an outlaw than he. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (of 2) His Life and Confessions] Reference
Many folks make what they are pleased to call unconventionality a mere cloak for selfish disregard of the feelings and tastes of others. From Wordnik.com. [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference
Sometimes the effect is a kind of unconventionality not only of the matter, but also of the form, which cannot be learned from anyone. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part III)] Reference
It shows intellectual daring and unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
People who met him liked him for his unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [» Remembering my Father Strocel.com] Reference
Marty appeared to appreciate Landry's unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [Division 3]
Pleasures and amusements, unconventionality, and good spirits. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Part of what makes it so is the unconventionality of the love story. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
She found her own balance between responsibilities and unconventionality!. From Wordnik.com. [la frangine - French Word-A-Day] Reference
"Openness" reflected an individual's tendency to unconventionality and intellect. From Wordnik.com. [Personality types affect women's approach to childbirth - study] Reference
They would have liked each other; they both had a hidden streak of unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
Rebelliousness or unconventionality as such do not constitute proof of individualism. From Wordnik.com. [The Virtue of Selfishness]
Now this movie isnt Shyamalan's but on the same lines of slow pace and unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [M. Night Shyamalan Wants an Unbreakable Sequel Right Now! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
American unconventionality, her audacity, her wealth, and generosity, set all Paris by the ears. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His rollicking frankness, his audacious unconventionality, are enough to account for the neglect. From Wordnik.com. [A Mystery with a Moral] Reference
Bear again handles the combination of PI caper and vampire yarn with her usual unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [i asked the same question once.] Reference
Against Kozo's unconventionality, Ushiba's almost painfully austere formality was striking indeed. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
I also like to smile at little kids, anyone over 65, anyone letting off sparks of unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [Tucks Everlasting - A Dress A Day] Reference
Despite, or perhaps because of, her unconventionality, the British establishment took her to its heart. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
Don't let this conventional unconventionality fool you; as a writer, Saunders, 37, really is an original. From Wordnik.com. [Cyberdrudges Of Dystopia] Reference
Actors talk of art, and of unconventionality; they inveigh against commercialism and pose most picturesquely. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The aim is necessarily toward unconventionality and the form of the lead is left to the originality of the reporter. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
Miracle cures and fast-acting elixirs were pandered to the public, regardless of their efficacy or unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [Feminist Utopianism and Female Sexuality in Joanna Baillies Comedies] Reference
This "appearance" of unconventionality in their relationship gave rise to a loosening of morality amongst the Regency Court. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
He made one or two essays in the display of unconventionality, and was quite unaware that he impressed her as a narrow-minded person. From Wordnik.com. [The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll] Reference
Now I think that's a wonderful picture of him, and there's a little unconventionality about the open shirt and the kind of Quaker hat. From Wordnik.com. [Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography] Reference
The stories on the pink sheet enjoy the greatest unconventionality of form to be seen anywhere in the paper except on the editorial page. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
"It has all come about through her unconventionality.". From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilderness] Reference
Not that I minded their unconventionality; I liked it. From Wordnik.com. [The Price She Paid] Reference
She was still in doubt as to how to treat this act of unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [Soldiers of Fortune] Reference
He was too far gone in unconventionality to spend a night under a decent roof. From Wordnik.com. [Demos] Reference
They seem very open-minded; you really can't expect absolute unconventionality. From Wordnik.com. [Born in Exile] Reference
It was that exact strength of unconventionality, that made a big screen adaptation seem so distant. From Wordnik.com. [Film School Rejects] Reference
Aquemini, Wayne's latest opus strives to exude unconventionality, but that's where the similarities end. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters]
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