extraordinary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   far more than usual or expected

   an extraordinary desire for approval

2. 2
   adj

   Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

   Except in extraordinary circumstances, […]

3. 3
   adj

   Remarkably good.

   an extraordinary poet

4. 4
   adj

   Special or supernumerary.

   the physician extraordinary in a royal household

5. 5
   noun

   Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.

   […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.

6. 6
   adj

   (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials

7. 7
   adj

   beyond what is ordinary or usual

Etymology

From Latin extrāōrdinārius, from extrā ōrdinem (“outside the order”). By surface analysis, extra- + ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.