novelty

• This novelty was the reason why he has been classed as a "gifted amateur" and even to-day is he regarded by many musicians as a skilful inventor of piano passages and patterned figures instead of what he really is—one of the most daring harmonists since Bach Chopin's elastic hand, small, thin, with lightly articulated fingers, was capable of stretching tenths with ease. —  Chopin: The Man and His Music
• Another novelty is the acting which is superb, from not only Neeson (in particular) and Nesbitt, but from Mark Davison (who plays a young Alistair Little) and Annamaria Marinca (who plays a runner for the TV production company). —  California Chronicle
• They are being set up under the rubric of "arbitration", but the novelty is the application of foreign legal principles to a sub-community of the English people. —  Lex Communis
• During the first term the novelty, the loneliness, the dread of unknown punishments, the respect for authorities, the desire to measure himself with his companions--all tend to keep him right and diligent. —  Eric, or Little by Little
• By the addition of the Edison carbon transmitter the same year the novelty was assured swift success. —  History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6)

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