ex·traor·di·nar·y  ( ĭk-strôr dn- ĕr ′ē, ĕk ′str ə-ôr -)
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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·nari·ly (-dn-ârə-lē) adv. |
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