extraordinaryadjective
uk/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/B1 very unusual, special, unexpected, or strange:
He told the extraordinary story of his escape.
Her voice had an extraordinary hypnotic quality.
an extraordinary coincidence
extraordinary meeting
a special meeting that happens between regular meetings
More examples
- We witnessed the extraordinary sight of an old lady climbing a tree to rescue her cat.
- The rain forest is home to many extraordinary creatures.
- She has an extraordinary memory and can remember details and names that I've long forgotten.
- Whatever is that extraordinary object in the sky?
- Eastern Europe was completely transformed by the extraordinary events of 1989 and 1990.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unique and unusual
- accidental
- alt-
- alternative
- alternative lifestyle
- be marked out as sth idiom
- be one in a million idiom
- fantastic
- guerrilla
- incongruous
- inimitable
- irreplaceable
- personalize
- random
- rarity
- refreshing
- remarkable
- remarkably
- signally
- singular
- unwonted
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