extraordinary
adjective
beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established.
extraordinarily
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a word derived from
extraordinary.
Example Sentences
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"The King can be an extraordinarily empathetic and in tune figure," Sir Anthony said.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Soup parties have the potential to be extraordinarily brown affairs.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
This boom can produce something larger than a handful of extraordinarily successful companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
That extraordinarily close arrangement suggested that gravity might be doing more than simply keeping the objects in orbit.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
The invigorating newness of Mussorgsky, whose art, thought Debussy, was 'free from artifice and arid formulae’, was but one of the extraordinarily fruitful imports to the Exposition Universelle.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
