Newness

Definitions

The property of being new; novelty; recency.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell⟳.”

“Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like⟳ a look⟳ of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle humor.”

“Thankfully, that sense⟳ of newness does come⟳ in the form⟳ of Ke Huy Quan’s Gary De’Snake, the first reptilian addition to Zootopia‘s all-mammal cast⟳.”

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