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Extraordinarily

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ex·traor·di·nar·y  (k-strôrdn-r, kstr-ôr-)
adj.
1. Beyond what is ordinary or usual: extraordinary authority.
2. Highly exceptional; remarkable: an extraordinary achievement.
3. Employed or used for a special service, function, or occasion: a minister extraordinary; an extraordinary professor.
[Middle English extraordinarie, from Latin extrardinrius : extr, outside; see extra- + rd, rdin-, order; see order.]
ex·traordi·nari·ly (-dn-âr-l) adv.
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Adv.1.extraordinarily - extremely; "she was inordinately smart"; "it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate"
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