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far-fetchedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From far-fetched + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The quality of being far-fetched.
   • Thus begins the far-fetchedness, which ultimately resembles a bad “Love, American Style” episode. Of course, Winnie comes to the park (twice, no less), and even though Leonard has duties back home--and even though he keeps reminding Diane of those duties--he keeps hanging around, talking. 1993 October 27, Robert Koehler, “THEATER REVIEW : One for the ‘Road’ Would Have Sufficed”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2026:
   • Examples of Gershwin's free atonality in parts of Porgy and Bess were also appreciated, but making specific thematic links between the two composers had the far-fetchedness of an academic with too little to do. 1998 March 17, Bernard Holland, “CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Crazy for Songs With That Certain Feeling”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2011:
   • The Sellars methodology can be striking, but finding 20th-century equivalents for an opera's every 18th-century word and deed creates a far-fetchedness exceeding that of the originals. 1999 May 9, Bernard Holland, “MUSIC; Forever Bel Is the Canto, Dated or Not”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
   • The mystery plot is, on its own terms, tightly knit and free of gratuitous touches. In fact, much of the screenplay's humor grows out of the very far-fetchedness of its story. 1989 February 17, Janet Maslin, “Review/Film; 60's Ideals Gone Awry, In Taut 'True Believer'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2009:

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