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extraordinary
English
Alternative forms
- extra-ordinary
- extraördinary (rare)
Etymology
From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
- Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry
Adjective
extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)
- Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
- Remarkably good.
- Special or supernumerary.
- the physician extraordinary in a royal household
- an extraordinary professor in a German university
Synonyms
- exceptional
- unparalleled
- noteworthy
- outstanding
Antonyms
- everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual
Derived terms
- extraordinary optical transmission
- extraordinary professor
- extraordinary rendition
Translations
Noun
extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)
- Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
- 1787, The New Annual Register
- […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.
- 1787, The New Annual Register
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unexpected
English
Etymology
un- +? expected
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?k?sp?kt?d/
Adjective
unexpected (comparative more unexpected, superlative most unexpected)
- Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
- The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:surprising
Antonyms
- expected
Derived terms
- unexpectedly
- unexpectedness
Related terms
- unplanned
- incidental
- contingent
- bolt from the blue
- out of the blue
Translations
Noun
unexpected (plural unexpecteds)
- (rare) Someone or something unexpected.
Anagrams
- unexcepted
unexpected From the web:
- what unexpected observation helped lead
- what unexpected means
- what unexpected moment from the evacuation shows
- what unexpected couples are still together
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