precociousness

They find it hard to believe his precociousness is natural.

But the author's precociousness has already led to the sale of the foreign rights and to a major movie deal.

And that may be particularly important in an age of heightened sexual precociousness among children.

What with his ingenuousness and her precociousness, these two have more in common than you might think.

Once in a while, though, the real precociousness is in the performance itself.

Such precociousness should surprise no one, child experts say.

He had a fair, delicate skin and was already showing signs of precociousness.

Moreover, he was trapped throughout his life inside his own early precociousness.

Another student, a woman, told her, "What make this voice so captivating is its precociousness and innocence."

"Speed and precociousness may be incongruous with soundness," he said.

The trend is also the result of what psychologists say is an emphasis on precociousness.

"She had everything Danielle has - those little secrets, the precociousness, that demeanor.

This suggests a tradition concerning the precociousness of poets.

This includes baby Elizabeth's amazing precociousness; she was, indeed, speaking in whole, nearly adult sentences by the age of two.

Such precociousness is not unprecedented, of course.

Operating one has joined learning to talk, walk and tie shoelaces as benchmarks for precociousness.

He tried to think up something to say that would take the sting out of his son's precociousness, but he wasn't having much luck.

This precociousness is evident in "Flight of the Innocent."

Behold the birth of the perfect narrator, a boy whose sense of difference and precociousness is assured from the beginning.

Their son's precociousness soon showed itself.

What these two players from different continents share are terrific two-handed backhands and precociousness.

Islanders have spoken of widespread adultery, incest and startling sexual precociousness.

He shared a birthday and an artistic precociousness with his sister, Christine, who was two years older and is now an art historian.

Fearing drugs, gangs and sexual precociousness, some ship their teen-agers home for high school.