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extraordinary (iou)



extraordinary adjective, noun, & adverb. LME.
[Latin extraordinarius, from extra ordinem out of order, exceptionally, extraordinarily.]
A. adjective.
Out of the usual or regular course or order; special. Formerly also, acting unusually, partial. LME.
extraordinary general meeting: of the members or shareholders of a club, company, or other organization, held at short notice, esp. in order to consider a particular matter. extraordinary ray Optics in double refraction, the ray that does not obey the ordinary laws of refraction.
Defoe Let him..take some extraordinary measures to get in his debts. H. Secombe The extraordinary general meeting of Panteg Parish Council was under way.
b. Music. = ACCIDENTAL adjective 2. L16-M18.
c. Not according to rule, out of order. M17-E18.
Of an official etc.: outside or additional to the regular staff; specially employed. Freq. postpositive in titles, denoting secondary status. L16.
AMBASSADOR extraordinary. envoy extraordinary: see ENVOY noun1.
W. Blackstone Another species of extraordinary juries, is the jury to try an attaint.
Of a kind not usually met with, exceptional; now esp. so exceptional as to provoke astonishment, admiration, or disapproval. L16.
P. H. Johnson I thought how extraordinary it was that so kind a man could be so cruel. A. N. Wilson Verdi's Falstaff...'Extraordinary, isn't it, he was eighty when he wrote it.'
Exceeding what is usual in amount, degree, extent, or size, esp. to the point of provoking astonishment, admiration, or disapproval. L16.
J. Tyndall The sun met us here with extraordinary power.
Additional to what is usual, extra. Freq. postpositive. M17-E19.
M. M. Sherwood Spending a few extraordinary shillings.
b. noun.
Something extraordinary; an extraordinary quality or bearing; an extraordinary action, incident, etc. Now only in pl. (rare). L16.
b. In pl. Extraordinary receipts or payments. arch. L16.
An extraordinary envoy; a supernumerary official. Only in 17.
Orig., something extra; an additional or supplementary item. Now only, an extra allowance or expense. M17.
Horace Walpole Munchausen..presented an ample bill of extraordinaries for forage, etc.
C. adverb. Extraordinarily. M17-L18.
extraordinarily adverb to an extraordinary degree, in an extraordinary manner M16.
extraordinariness noun E17.