Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Better than the ordinary or common; excellent.
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- adjective Above or beyond what is
ordinary .
Etymologies
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super- + ordinary
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Examples
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You attain that superordinary condition when your faculties react instinctively, like a machine.
The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909
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It is contained in these few words: when a crime seems to go beyond the ordinary scope of things, when it seems unusual and stupid, then there are many chances that its explanation is to be found in superordinary, supernatural, superhuman motives.
The Confessions of Arsène Lupin Maurice Leblanc 1902
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That ever-present ground will live through you, as you, in a variety of superordinary forms.
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