exceptional
adjective
- being intellectually gifted.
- being physically or especially mentally disabled to an extent that special schooling is required.
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Contemporary Examples of exceptionally
The news only got out to a few people in the building, who described the next day at work as exceptionally awkward.
Hagel Takes a Bullet for Obama: Inside the Defense Secretary’s Sudden FiringShane Harris, Tim Mak
November 24, 2014
The Habsburg army, however, Watson contends, were exceptionally bloodthirsty.
An exceptionally large first run of 200,000 copies was reportedly printed in Germany for the same reason.
Chinese officials were much more concerned about internal issues in an exceptionally diverse empire.
His family memoir, Sweet and Low, is a tour de force of reporting and memory—tender, curious, and exceptionally funny.
Historical Examples of exceptionally
This pleased Paula exceptionally well and she said he must sing it to her often again.
Moni the Goat-BoyJohanna Spyri
At the place where this was noticed, however, the current was not exceptionally swift.
The Long Labrador TrailDillon Wallace
Exceptionally one finds old men of 80 who are still capable.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
"Exceptionally beautiful; exceptionally admirable," he corrected.
The Lion's SkinRafael Sabatini
One that is exceptionally rich in oxygen, as is true of all the spheres we handle.
The Planetoid of PerilPaul Ernst