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Definition of Extraordinary
1. Adjective. Beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable. "An extraordinary session of the legislature"
Also: Uncommon, Unusual, Incomparable, Uncomparable, Impressive, Superior
Similar to: Bonzer, Exceeding, Exceptional, Olympian, Prodigious, Surpassing, Extraordinaire, Fantastic, Grand, Howling, Marvellous, Marvelous, Rattling, Terrific, Tremendous, Wonderful, Wondrous, Phenomenal, Awful, Frightful, Terrible, Tremendous, Great, One, Preternatural, Uncanny, Pyrotechnic, Rare, Uncommon, Remarkable, Singular, Some, Special, Wonderworking
Derivative terms: Extraordinariness
Antonyms: Ordinary
2. Adjective. Far more than usual or expected. "It was an over-the-top experience"
3. Adjective. (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials. "An ambassador extraordinary"
Definition of Extraordinary
1. a. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
2. n. That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
Definition of Extraordinary
1. Adjective. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extraordinary
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Extraordinary
1. 1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies. "Which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts." (Milton) 2. Exceeding the common degree, measure. Or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur. 3. Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary. Origin: L. Extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: cf. F. Extraordinaire. See Ordinary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extraordinary
Literary usage of Extraordinary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"to cut the bother short, Smith mounted and rode away. The horse went lame a mile
from town, and afterward got to cutting up some extraordinary capers ..."
2. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"Of the Unreasonableness of those extraordinary Restraints upo-n other Principles.
IN the foregoing Part of this Chapter I have endeavoured to show, ..."
3. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"V The Author by an extraordinary Stratagem, prevents an Invasion. A high Title
of Honour is conferr'd upon him. Ambassadors arrive from the Emperor of ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1804)
"The death of Aurelian, however, is remarkable by its extraordinary consequences,
The legions admired, lamented, and revenged, their victorious chief. ..."
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