Definition of extraordinary

< extraordinaire

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ex·traor·di·nar·y    (k-strôrdn-r, kstr-ôr-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English extraordinarie, from Latin extrardinrius : extr, outside ; see extra- + rd, rdin-, order ; see order

OTHER FORMS:
ex·traordi·nari·ly  (-dn-âr-l) KEY (Adverb)