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extraordinate en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) Synonym of extraordinary
   • Ours was therefore the first city in the U.S. to make a plan official. It was a marked achievement. The man responsible for it was Alfred Bettman, a dedicated worker and man of extraordinate ability. 1972, Bleecker Marquette, “The Cincinnati Story - Housing and Other Things”, in Health, Housing and Other Things, Cincinnati, Ohio, →OCLC, pages 58–59:
   • "Sir Libogran the Undeflectable stared at what must clearful have been a somewhat extraordinate sight. ‘Highness,’ quoth he,‘I cannot help feeling that someone here is not being entirely honest with me.’ 2014, Tad Williams, “A Stark and Wormy Knight”, in The Very Best of Tad Williams, 1st edition (Fantasy), San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 241:
   • Whereas the Church in this place being poor from the beginning, having had to pay an extraordinate price for their lands, provisions, etc; and having a serious burthen imposed upon them by comers and goers, from most parts of the world, and in assisting traveling Elders and [their] families, while they themselves have been laboring in the vineyard of the Lord, to preach the Gospel; and also having suffered great loss in endeavoring to benefit Zion, it has ... become a serious matter.... 1836, “Minutes of the conference on December 22, 1836”, in Joseph Smith's Kirtland: Eyewitness Accounts, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, sourced from Joseph Smith Jr., History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2nd ed. rev., 7 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1960), 2:468-69., published 1996, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
   • I melded my mental representations of these extraordinate imagoes with the ordinate hard working teachers whose knowledge of the world and how it worked fascinated me. 1994, Stanley H. Cath, “Some Autobiographical Notes By a Psychogeriatrician in "That Time of Year": The Role of Devalued Fathers and Adopted Great Parents”, in How Psychiatrists Look at Aging, volume 2, International Universities Press, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 220:

Synonyms

extraordinary