He was not merely extraordinary: he was astounding.

A ponderous man he is, and substantial, for his weight is commonly extraordinary, and in his preferment nothing rises so much as his belly.

Near the bottom of the pile, however, I came upon something definitely extraordinary.

This statement is excessively extraordinary.

Her life appeals to that large and solemn public who know how to admire generously extraordinary genius, and how to reverence all noble virtue.

That two men each severally so extraordinary should have been living at the same time in the same place was a very extraordinary thing.