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   exceptional

   /ɪkˈsɛpʃən(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. unusual; not typical: "late claims will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances" Similar unusualuncommonabnormalatypicalextraordinaryout of the ordinaryout of the wayraresingularunprecedentedunexpectedsurprisingstrangeoddqueerbizarrefreakishanomalouspeculiarinconsistentdeviantdivergentaberrantunheard ofout of the commoninformal:weirdway outfreakysomething elsedated:seldomrare:unexampledOpposite usualnormal
   • ▪ unusually good; outstanding: "a child of exceptional ability" Similar outstandingextraordinaryremarkableunusually goodspecialespecialexcellentphenomenalprodigiousunequalledunparalleledunrivalledunsurpassedunsurpassableunexcelledpeerlessmatchlesssecond to nonein a league of their ownfirst-ratefirst-classof the first orderof the first waterinformal:A1top-notchtip-topstellarOpposite average

   noun

   • 1. an item in a company's accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exceptionality noun

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