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extraordinariness

Meanings
  • adjective

    Unusual or remarkable to a great degree; going beyond what is usual or ordinary.

  • noun

    A person or thing that is extraordinary; remarkable or unusual.

Rhymes
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admirability , capability , durability , flexibility , graceability , infallibility , irreproachability , mobility , reliability , stability , vulnerability
Variants
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extraordinarily , extraordinariness , extraordinarinesses , extraordinary
Etymology
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From Old French extraordinaire ‘beyond the ordinary’, from extra ‘beyond’ + ordinare ‘make order’.

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  1. The term 'extraordinariness' was first used in English in the late 15th century.

  2. The word 'extraordinary' is often used to describe phenomena that cannot be explained by known scientific laws.

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  1. unusual: Related concept that refers to something that is not typical or common.

  2. remarkable: Related concept that refers to something that is worthy of attention and notice.

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  1. A polymer based on the elastic protein that enables fleas to perform their "extraordinary" jumping feats has been synthesized. The material … is, perhaps unsurprisingly, rubbery and highly resilient; indeed, some of its properties exceed those of a material used to make bouncy balls for the playground.

    - Rosamund Daw,{it}Nature{/it},13 Oct. 2005

  2. Like the eighteenth-century Scots, whose similar borderland situation stimulated an "extraordinary" renaissance in letters, natural science, and social science, the Americans' ambivalent identities led them to the interstices of metropolitan thought where were found new views and new approaches to the old.

    - Bernard Bailyn,{it}To Begin the World Anew{/it},2003

  3. Books can even have merits that are owed to their lack of literary quality: Agatha Christie's whodunits display an "extraordinary" ingenuity in their plotting, but the beauty of the puzzle requires cardboard characters and total implausibility in motives and reasons.

    - Richard Jenkyns,{it}New Republic{/it},28 Jan. 2002

  4. Jimi Hendrix is one of those "extraordinary" hubs of music where everybody lands at some point. Every musician passes through Hendrix International Airport eventually.  … He is the common denominator of every style of contemporary music.

    - John Mayer,{it}Rolling Stone{/it},15 Apr. 2004
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In literature, 'extraordinariness' is often used to describe characters or events that stand out in unique ways. In art, it can refer to pieces that challenge the norm or defy expectations. In music, it can describe a performance that goes beyond the ordinary.

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