extraordinary
adjective
beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established.
extraordinariness
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a word derived from
extraordinary.
Example Sentences
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“The extraordinariness of it escaped you because it always does when you’re living through something. It’s only afterwards, when you look at little patches of your life, that you realize that it was absolutely insane.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
I appreciate, being the age that I am, to have had the experience to know that it was going to have highs and lows, and that there would be ordinariness inside of the extraordinariness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Martin and Short's comedy partnership predates "Only Murder in the Building," of course, making Gomez the show's unexpected source of extraordinariness.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2022
Now, this extraordinariness doesn’t mean that the possibility shouldn’t be considered.
From Slate ● May 29, 2021
"Do you hate me?" asked Emily, trying to adjust herself mentally to the mad extraordinariness of the situation, and at the same time scarcely understanding why she asked her question.
From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
