eccentricities

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If either of these had failed, her eccentricities were always there.

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  1. noun The quality of being eccentric.
  2. noun Deviation from the normal, expected, or established.
  3. noun An example or instance of eccentric behavior.
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  • Many could not see her greatness for what they called her eccentricities, forgetting, or perhaps being unaware of, what she had passed through, experiences such as no other woman had undergone, which explained much that seemed unusual in her conduct. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
  • We generally don't discriminate or reject based on eccentricities -- how could we? —  Locus Online News
  • In the first are images of people in which artists examine American culture-its residents 'goodness, eccentricities, and foibles.
  • After the gang at "What Not to Wear" (TLC, 9 p.m.) gets to work, individual style eccentricities are also threatened. —  Hartford Courant blogs
  • They were amused by his eccentricities, the way he'd walk around with sandals in the wintertime. —  Marine Corps Times - News
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