- (a.) Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.
- (a.) Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.
- (n.) That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
- (a.) Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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