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/ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdənˌɛri/ /ɪkstrˈɔrdənˌɛri/ Listen

Extraordinary

adjective

Beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable. "An extraordinary achievement" , "Her extraordinary beauty" , "Enjoyed extraordinary popularity" , "An extraordinary capacity for work" , "An extraordinary session of the legislature"

Far more than usual or expected. Synonyms: over-the-top, sinful. "It was an over-the-top experience"

(of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials.

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... beauty came on her like a warm garment. When she opened her eyes, seeing what she was and where, she almost smiled at the silly picture that had given her comfort. Those men had looked on her admiringly, it was true, but would Wilfrid have ceased to love her if she had been beautiful? An extraordinary intuition of Wilfrid's sentiment tormented her now. She saw herself in the light that he would have seen her by, till she stood with the sensations of an exposed criminal in the dark length of the street, and hurried down it, back, as ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... swift than Circe, with absurd similes, will transform any person into deformity. A good feast-hound or banquet-beagle, that will scent you out a supper some three miles off, and swear to his patrons, damn him! he came in oars, when he was but wafted over in a sculler. A slave that hath an extraordinary gift in pleasing his palate, and will swill up more sack at a sitting than would make all the guard a posset. His religion is railing, and his discourse ribaldry. They stand highest in his respect whom ...

— Character Writings of the 17th Century • Various

... You see, my boy, these hydras are most extraordinary things, and to-morrow morning in the bright sunshine we will get the microscope to work, and I'll show ...

— The Ocean Cat's Paw - The Story of a Strange Cruise • George Manville Fenn

... extraordinary in your manner, signor," remarked the father. "You seem dejected; have you received bad news of ...

— The Amulet • Hendrik Conscience

... cream, and of a richer colour. When left to stand in an open vessel, a thick coagulum forms on the top, which the natives term cheese, and which they eat in a similar manner, and with equal relish. Another virtue of this extraordinary tree is that the cream, without any preparation, makes a glue for all purposes as good as that used by cabinet-makers, and, indeed, Don Pablo and Guapo had already availed themselves of it in ...

— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid

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