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Extraordinary (adjective)
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
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Extraordinary (adjective)
Remarkably good.
“an extraordinary poet”
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Extraordinary (adjective)
Special or supernumerary.
“the physician extraordinary in a royal household”
“an extraordinary professor in a German university”
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Extraordinary (noun)
Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
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Extraordinarily (adverb)
In an extraordinary manner.
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Extraordinary (adjective)
very unusual or remarkable
“it is extraordinary that no consultation took place”
“the extraordinary plumage of the male”
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Extraordinary (adjective)
unusually great
“young children need extraordinary amounts of attention”
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Extraordinary (adjective)
(of a meeting) specially convened
“an extraordinary session of the Congress”
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Extraordinary (adjective)
(of an official) specially employed in addition to the usual staff
“an Ambassador Extraordinary”
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Extraordinary (noun)
an item in a company’s accounts not arising from its normal activities.
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Extraordinarily (adverb)
in a very unusual or remarkable way
“extraordinarily, he escaped with a scratch”
“he was able to show us how people can behave extraordinarily”
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Extraordinarily (adverb)
to a remarkable degree; extremely
“he did a good job in extraordinarily difficult circumstances”
“it is a simple story, extraordinarily well told”