extraordinary
- beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- exceptional in character, amount, extent, degree, etc.; noteworthy; remarkable: extraordinary speed; an extraordinary man.
- (of an official, employee, etc.) outside of or additional to the ordinary staff; having a special, often temporary task or responsibility: minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
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Contemporary Examples of extraordinarily
This is important in the concentration process, which takes place by means of an extraordinarily measured period of boiling.
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How reliable were the other witnesses, given the extraordinarily charged atmosphere surrounding this case?
“Having too much money allows you to be extraordinarily unfocused, which is a bad thing,” Lerer told me back in March.
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November 15, 2014
We are strong in our accomplishments, yet by some cruel irony we possess soft sensitive bodies and extraordinarily tall buildings.
However, you could also say that he was extraordinarily lucky.
Historical Examples of extraordinarily
"She's extraordinarily charming," said Temple with a very small sigh.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
The result is extraordinarily stimulating to our English wits.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume IIMrs. Humphry Ward
His hands were slender, the fingers long and extraordinarily supple.
The Mind MasterArthur J. Burks
The girl is, on the contrary, of extraordinarily good disposition.
Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit)Frank Wedekind
In some lines of research they were extraordinarily brilliant.
extraordinary
- very unusual, remarkable, or surprising
- not in an established manner, course, or order
- employed for particular events or purposes
- (usually postpositive) (of an official, etc) additional or subordinate to the usual onea minister extraordinary