Extraordinary vs. Extraordinarily

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  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    Remarkably good.

    “an extraordinary poet”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    Special or supernumerary.

    “the physician extraordinary in a royal household”

    “an extraordinary professor in a German university”

  • Extraordinary (noun)

    Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.

  • Extraordinarily (adverb)

    In an extraordinary manner.

Wiktionary
  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    very unusual or remarkable

    “it is extraordinary that no consultation took place”

    “the extraordinary plumage of the male”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    unusually great

    “young children need extraordinary amounts of attention”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    (of a meeting) specially convened

    “an extraordinary session of the Congress”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    (of an official) specially employed in addition to the usual staff

    “an Ambassador Extraordinary”

  • Extraordinary (noun)

    an item in a company’s accounts not arising from its normal activities.

  • 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”

  • Extraordinarily (adverb)

    to a remarkable degree; extremely

    “he did a good job in extraordinarily difficult circumstances”

    “it is a simple story, extraordinarily well told”

Oxford Dictionary

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