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/ˌɛkstrəˈɔrdənˌɛri/ /ɪkstrˈɔrdənˌɛri/ Listen

adjective

Extraordinary adj.

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."

Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.

Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.

noun

Extraordinary n. (pl. extraordinaries) That which is extraordinary; used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success. "Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... 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 ...

— The Beetle - A Mystery • Richard Marsh

... 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 ...

— The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron • Graham B. Forbes

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