[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The fact or condition of being unique or unequalled; unique quality or character; an instance of this; a unique fact or circumstance.
1820. Coleridge, Lett., Convers., &c., I. 152. The contra-distinction between the Shakespearian and the Greek Drama, and its still remaining uniqueness.
1874. H. R. Reynolds, John Bapt., i. § 1. 4. So a great man loses something of his sublimity and uniqueness as we come close to him.
1880. Bertha Thomas, Violin-Player, II. x. 231. The novelty, the uniqueness of the scene.
1897. D. W. Forrest, Christ of Hist. & Exper., v. 205. The uniquenesses of Christ are manifold and indubitable.
