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Extraordinary   /ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdənˌɛri/  /ɪkstrˈɔrdənˌɛri/   Listen
Extraordinary

adjective
1.
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"
2.
Far more than usual or expected.  Synonyms: over-the-top, sinful.  "It was an over-the-top experience"
3.
(of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials.



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"Extraordinary" Quotes from Famous Books



... should not waste his time," she observed, but to save her life she could not keep her tone free from sarcasm. He took up her meaning with extraordinary quickness. ...
— Desert Conquest - or, Precious Waters • A. M. Chisholm
... had not the slightest notion. Probably that was why what seemed more like a pronouncement of delirium than anything else had such an extraordinary effect upon my nerves. No sooner had he spoken than a sort of blank horror seemed to settle down upon my mind. I actually found myself trembling at the knees. I felt, all at once, as if I was standing in the immediate presence of ...
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... in the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders recounted an extraordinary personal experience. ...
— South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) - From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, - 15th Dec. 1899 • Louis Creswicke
... exports. The government has been pushing the development of a tourist industry to relieve high unemployment, which recently amounted to one-third of the labor force. The gap in Reunion between the well-off and the poor is extraordinary and accounts for the persistent social tensions. The white and Indian communities are substantially better off than other segments of the population, often approaching European standards, whereas indigenous groups suffer the poverty and unemployment typical of the poorer nations of the ...
— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... have set in after his recent excitement, and things were most woefully dull. The weather still held dry and fair to a degree that was considered extraordinary for November, usually so dismal ...
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