Extraordinary

//ɪks.tɹɑːˈɔː.dɪn.nə.ɹiː// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.

    "[…] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

    "Except in extraordinary circumstances, […]"

  2. 2
    Remarkably good.

    "an extraordinary poet"

  3. 3
    Special or supernumerary.

    "the physician extraordinary in a royal household"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials wordnet
  2. 2
    far more than usual or expected wordnet
  3. 3
    beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
exceptionalfantasticnoteworthyoutstandingphenomenalremarkable

Example

More examples

"Your behavior is too extraordinary."

Etymology

From Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”). By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.

Related phrases

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