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intraordinary

Syllables: in·tra·or·din·a·ry/ɪntɹəˈɔːdɪn(ə)ɹi/US/ɪntɹəˈɔɹdɪˌnɛɹi/

intraordinary adjective: falling within normal parameters; normal, ordinary.

Adjective

intraordinary (comparative more intraordinary, superlative most intraordinary)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Falling within normal parameters; normal, ordinary.
    • It goes a great way perhaps towards explaining the secretion of urine, the formation of halitus from the lungs, the insensible and sensible perspiration from the other parts of animals, and the curious and intraordinary production of watery fluids [...]1954, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, volume 28, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 224
    • My arguments will vary in strength and appeal, but I hope that they are usefully suggestive and present at the minimum a hypothesis worth entertaining. Perhaps we can make some sense of this extraordinary work by making it a little more "intraordinary".1994, Ken Dowden, “The Roman Audience of the Golden Ass”, in James Tatum, editor, The Search for the Ancient Novel, Baltimore, Md.; London: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 419

Synonyms of intraordinary

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Antonyms

Forms of intraordinary

comparativemore intraordinary
superlativemost intraordinary
alternative formintra-ordinary

Origin of intraordinary

From intra- + ordinary, by analogy with extraordinary.

Questions about intraordinary

What does intraordinary mean?
Intraordinary means falling within normal parameters; normal, ordinary.
What part of speech is intraordinary?
Intraordinary is an adjective.
How do you pronounce intraordinary?
Intraordinary is pronounced /ɪntɹəˈɔːdɪn(ə)ɹi/ (UK).

Words near intraordinary in the dictionary

  1. intraoral
  2. intraorally
  3. intraorbital
  4. intraorbitally
  5. intraordinal
  6. intraordinary
  7. intraorgan
  8. intraorganellar
  9. intraorganelle
  10. intraorganic
  11. intraorganically

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