Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being extraordinary; uncommonness; remarkableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The quality of being extraordinary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
extraordinary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
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Examples
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Two stories, especially, highlight the extraordinariness of these ancient organisms.
What's Magic About Mushrooms Richard Mabey 2011
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Mushrooming is cultish, often obsessive, and Ms. Bone the journalist, opting to stalk her subject via its disciples, discovers a world in which the extraordinariness of the hunters matches that of their prey.
What's Magic About Mushrooms Richard Mabey 2011
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"What made me want to make this [and] to tell this story, beyond the extraordinariness of Betty Anne's achievement, was what I imagined was the bond between these two people and the extraordinary love that they shared – her faith in him and his in her."
'Conviction' Portrays Sister's Unwavering Devotion to Brother 2010
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Also, it might cheapen the extraordinariness of having powers.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Eren’s Review Forum 2009
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Reading about him when I was a young person, I was struck mostly by the variety and extraordinariness of his experiences, and the fascinating idea that math had such concrete applications.
Mr. Bowditch: Brilliance and Populism Heather McDougal 2009
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Here was a prime example of the extraordinariness of the ordinary, though it doesn't do to be too sentimental.
It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen 2011
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"What made me want to make this [and] to tell this story, beyond the extraordinariness of Betty Anne's achievement, was what I imagined was the bond between these two people and the extraordinary love that they shared – her faith in him and his in her."
'Conviction' Portrays Sister's Unwavering Devotion to Brother 2010
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Reading about him when I was a young person, I was struck mostly by the variety and extraordinariness of his experiences, and the fascinating idea that math had such concrete applications.
Archive 2009-03-01 Heather McDougal 2009
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As such, Judge Miller had acquired many of those unusual tics and quirks that give federal judges such an air of rarified extraordinariness.
Miscellany 2008
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A "saintly life story" (hailger wandel) is defined precisely by its extraordinariness and so cannot be judged by standards of "normal" behavior. 29
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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