Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an extraordinary manner; in an uncommon degree; remarkably; eminently.
- Not in the ordinary or common way; in a peculiar manner; specially.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an extraordinary manner or degree.
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- adverb In an
extraordinary manner.
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- adverb extremely
Etymologies
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Examples
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But Cameron said it was important to remember that governments faced what he described as an extraordinarily difficult time.
David Cameron: UK lost some 'moral authority' after 9/11 2011
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SAC said it was basing that impression on a subpoena the firm received Monday afternoon, which it called extraordinarily broad.
Insider Case Has Soft-Dollar Focus Jenny Strasburg 2010
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It also referred to what it called "extraordinarily challenging world-wide economic conditions" and higher raw material prices.
BBC News - Home 2011
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US Republicans snub Obama on dea to resolve debt crisisl BARACK Obama has vented his frustration at the Republican Party leadership for walking away from debt crisis negotiations after the White House offered what he called an "extraordinarily fair deal".
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And it gets worse: meeting organizers will invariably sandwich your poster between two posters that are infinitely more entertaining, such as “Teaching house cats to perform cold fusion” and “Mating preferences in extraordinarily adorable red pandas.”
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Your novels tend to center on ordinary people who find themselves trapped in extraordinarily difficult situations, and clearly that is true of this book as well.
A conversation with bestselling author Chris Bohjalian about his novel, Skeletons at the Feast 2010
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Some governments manipulate their figures in extraordinarily blatant ways.
The politics of Egypt's feeble statistics Brian Whitaker 2010
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For example, except in extraordinarily rare cases, authors never get more than 15%; and that fifteen percent comes out of Macmillan's share, which is roughly 52% of the list price.
Why Amazon and Some Readers Are Wrong « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010
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‘Un Secret, a movie about ordinary Jewish people in extraordinarily savage times, is a current success with French moviegoers, and Claude Miller, who adapted the film from Philippe Grimbert’s eponymous novel, is surprised.
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‘Un Secret, a movie about ordinary Jewish people in extraordinarily savage times, is a current success with French moviegoers, and Claude Miller, who adapted the film from Philippe Grimbert’s eponymous novel, is surprised.
Rogue Film Notes 2008
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