far-fetchedness

alternative farfetchedness

1. uncountableThe quality of being far-fetched.

   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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   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