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Princeton's WordNet

  1. out-of-the-way, out of the way, out of the ordinaryadjective

    exceptional, unusual, or remarkable

    "out-of-the-way information"

  2. out of the ordinary, out of this worldadjective

    exceptionally or unusually good

    "the food here is out of this world"

Wiktionary

  1. out of the ordinaryadjective

    Unusual or exceptional, especially for the better (often used in the negative).

Wikipedia

  1. Out of the Ordinary

    Out of the Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness is British journalist Jon Ronson's fourth book. The essays in Out of the Ordinary were first published in The Guardian. The pieces in Out of the Ordinary are mostly about Ronson's domestic life.

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  1. out of the ordinary

    "Out of the ordinary" refers to anything that deviates from what is usual, normal, or expected; something uncommon, unusual, or exceptional. It often implies that the thing or situation being described is surprising or noteworthy in some way.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of out of the ordinary in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of out of the ordinary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of out of the ordinary in a Sentence

  1. Nelson Lichtenstein:

    Large American unions have supported labor movements in a few parts of the world over the years but not in China, so this is out of the ordinary.

  2. Brian Tracy:

    Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

  3. Mark Olson:

    Industry prepares its equipment and operators for challenging summer conditions. Persistent, extreme drought and its accompanying weather patterns, however, are out of the ordinary and tend to create extra stresses on electricity supply and demand.

  4. Javed Ali:

    In the aftermath of all these international terrorism cases that we would see, even people in the Javed Ali, time and time again the family members, the friends would say the same thing :' I saw something that seemed out of the ordinary, but I didn't know what it meant or didn't know what it was and I didn't really want to confront that person,' i think you're seeing the same phenomena play out here.

  5. Sheila Sahni:

    When it comes to matters of the heart, time equals muscle, when you feel something out of the ordinary, get it checked out.


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