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ex⋅traor⋅di⋅nar⋅y

  [ik-strawr-dn-er-ee, ek-struh-awr-]
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–adjective
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.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME extraordinarie < L extrāordinārius beyond what is ordinary. See extra-, ordinary

Related forms:
ex⋅traor⋅di⋅nar⋅i⋅ly  [ik-strawr-dn-air-uh-lee, ek-struh-awr-] , adverb
ex⋅traor⋅di⋅nar⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. inordinate. 2. uncommon, singular, rare, phenomenal, special, signal.

Antonyms:
1, 2. common, usual.
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ex·traor·di·nar·y   (ĭk-strôr'dn-ěr'ē, ěk'strə-ôr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Beyond what is ordinary or usual: extraordinary authority.
  2. Highly exceptional; remarkable: an extraordinary achievement.
  3. Employed or used for a special service, function, or occasion: a minister extraordinary; an extraordinary professor.

[Middle English extraordinarie, from Latin extraōrdinārius : extrā, outside; see extra- + ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see order.]
ex·traor'di·nar'i·ly (-dn-âr'ə-lē) adv.
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Extraordinarily

Ex*traor"di*na*ri*ly\, adv. In an extraordinary manner or degree.
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