extra en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Abbreviation of extraordinary.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
Kellogg himself became the biggest on-site celeb of all, delivering a weekly ‘Question Box’ lecture in which he explained that tobacco destroyed testicles, and that Ancient Rome had only fallen because the decadent Senators had started tossing their slaves into cookery pots to lend their food extra flavour, thus proving that an over-rich diet could lead to wholesale civilisational collapse.
2018, S. D. Tucker, “Doctor Poolittle”, in Quacks! Dodgy Doctors and Foolish Fads Throughout History, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147:
- (dated, not-comparable, usually) Extraordinarily good; superior.
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(comparable, not-comparable, slang, usually) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.
2017, Yael Livneh, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!
2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.
2017 November, Claire Craig, “#Instabeauty”, in Northern Woman, page 48:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most extra | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more extra | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
superextra · extra innings · extra large · extra inning · extraordinary · extra extra extra small · extra dictionem · extra cover · extra base hit · extralong · extra extra large · extra virgin · ab extra · extra extra small · go the extra mile · extraness · exurb · extra ends · extra attacker · extra service · extra extra extra large · with extra steps · extracondensed · extra point · extra pair of hands · extra small · extra time
Translations (63)
uk окре́мий (beyond what is due, usual) · is extra (beyond what is due, usual) · eo aldona (beyond what is due, usual) · es extra de (beyond what is due, usual) · et liigne (beyond what is due, usual) · id ekstra (beyond what is due, usual) · fi ylimääräinen (beyond what is due, usual) · es demasiado (over-the-top) · de zusätzlich (beyond what is due, usual) · eo plia (beyond what is due, usual) · pl ekstra (beyond what is due, usual) · pl osobny (beyond what is due, usual) · it extra (beyond what is due, usual) · bg допълнителен (beyond what is due, usual) · da ekstra (beyond what is due, usual) · es extra (beyond what is due, usual) · es adicional (beyond what is due, usual) · ml അധിക (beyond what is due, usual) · km បន្ថែម (beyond what is due, usual) · eo kroma (beyond what is due, usual) · et lisa- (extraordinarily good) · ca extra (beyond what is due, usual) · fi lisä- (beyond what is due, usual) · id ekstra (extraordinarily good) · pt extra (beyond what is due, usual) · el έξτρα (beyond what is due, usual) · fi ylimääräinen (extraordinarily good) · cs navíc (beyond what is due, usual) · wa di rawete (beyond what is due, usual) · gl extra (beyond what is due, usual) · hi अतिरिक्त (beyond what is due, usual) · sv extra (beyond what is due, usual) · uk додатко́вий (beyond what is due, usual) · vi thêm (beyond what is due, usual) · hu többlet (beyond what is due, usual) · th พิเศษ (beyond what is due, usual) · ru доба́вочный (beyond what is due, usual) · eo ekstra (beyond what is due, usual) · pdt äwaschossich (beyond what is due, usual) · pl ekstra (extraordinarily good) · fi ekstra- (beyond what is due, usual) · uk е́кстра (extraordinarily good) · ru излишний (over-the-top) · cs extra (beyond what is due, usual) · nl extra (beyond what is due, usual) · fi lisä- (extraordinarily good) · fr supplémentaire (beyond what is due, usual) · hu extra (beyond what is due, usual) · ru что́-то с че́м-то (over-the-top) · th เพิ่ม (beyond what is due, usual) · th เว่อร์ (over-the-top) · ru дополни́тельный (beyond what is due, usual) · ja 余分な (beyond what is due, usual) · es exceso (beyond what is due, usual) · wa estra (extraordinarily good) · la subsicīvus (beyond what is due, usual) · pl dodatkowy (beyond what is due, usual) · bg извънреден (beyond what is due, usual) · ru э́кстренный (beyond what is due, usual) · is auka- (beyond what is due, usual) · la praecipuus (beyond what is due, usual) · txb allek (beyond what is due, usual) · gd a bharrachd (beyond what is due, usual)