Intraordinary
//ɪntɹəˈɔːdɪn(ə)ɹi// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Falling within normal parameters; normal, ordinary. nonstandard, rare
"It goes a great way perhaps towards explaining the secretion of urine, the formation of halitus from the lungs, the insensible and sensible perspiration from the other parts of animals, and the curious and intraordinary production of watery fluids [...]"
Example
More examples"It goes a great way perhaps towards explaining the secretion of urine, the formation of halitus from the lungs, the insensible and sensible perspiration from the other parts of animals, and the curious and intraordinary production of watery fluids [...]"
Etymology
From intra- + ordinary, by analogy with extraordinary.
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