extraordinary

extraordinary
extraordinarily /ik strawr'dn air"euh lee, ek'streuh awr'-/, adv.extraordinariness, n.
/ik strawr"dn er'ee, ek'streuh awr"-/, adj.
1. beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
2. exceptional in character, amount, extent, degree, etc.; noteworthy; remarkable: extraordinary speed; an extraordinary man.
3. (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.
[1425-75; late ME extraordinarie < L extraordinarius beyond what is ordinary. See EXTRA-, ORDINARY]
Syn. 1. inordinate. 2. uncommon, singular, rare, phenomenal, special, signal.
Ant. 1, 2. common, usual.

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