extraordinary
//ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi//
Forms
- Comparative
- more extraordinary
- Superlative
- most extraordinary
- Plural
- extraordinaries
Definitions
1.Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
- Everybody knew I was an extraordinary person. When I was born my beard was three feet long.
- Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.
2.Remarkably good.
3.Special or supernumerary.
1.Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3097
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”).
By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary.
Doublet of extraordinaire.