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extraordinarily

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an extraordinary manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

extremely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was inordinately smart
  • it will be an extraordinarily painful step to negotiate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inordinately

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English extraordinary Middle English -ly English -ly English extraordinarily From extraordinary + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: extraordinàriament — in an extraordinary manner
  • Czech: mimořádně — in an extraordinary manner
  • Dutch: uitzonderlijk — in an extraordinary manner
  • Esperanto: eksterordinare — in an extraordinary manner
  • Finnish: erinomaisesti — in an extraordinary manner
  • Finnish: erikoisesti — in an extraordinary manner
  • Finnish: kummallisesti — in an extraordinary manner
  • French: extraordinairement — in an extraordinary manner
  • Galician: extraordinariamente — in an extraordinary manner
  • German: außerordentlich — in an extraordinary manner
  • Greek: εξαιρετικά (exairetiká) — in an extraordinary manner
  • Greek: εξαιρέτως (exairétos) — in an extraordinary manner
  • Greek: φαινομενικά (fainomeniká) — in an extraordinary manner
  • Hungarian: rendkívül — in an extraordinary manner
  • Italian: straordinariamente — in an extraordinary manner
  • Latvian: neparasti — in an extraordinary manner
  • Lithuanian: nepaprastai — in an extraordinary manner
  • Lithuanian: išimtinai — in an extraordinary manner
  • Lithuanian: ypatingai — in an extraordinary manner
  • Norman: extraordinnaithement — in an extraordinary manner
  • Polish: nadzwyczajnie — in an extraordinary manner
  • Portuguese: extraordinariamente — in an extraordinary manner
  • Spanish: extraordinariamente — in an extraordinary manner
  • Ukrainian: надзвича́йно (nadzvyčájno) — in an extraordinary manner
Real reading context

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