Exceptional

Word EXCEPTIONAL
Character 11
Hyphenation ex cep tion al
Pronunciations /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Exceptional"

What do we mean by exceptional?

Being an exception; uncommon. adjective

Well above average; extraordinary. adjective

Deviating widely from a norm, as of physical or mental ability. adjective

Relating to or forming an exception; contrary to the rule; out of the regular or ordinary course.

Synonyms Irregular, unusual, uncommou, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous.

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. adjective

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. adjective

Better than the average; superior due to rarity. adjective

Deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence adjective

Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree adjective

Surpassing what is common or usual or expected adjective

An exception, or something having an exceptional value

Synonyms and Antonyms for Exceptional

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The word "exceptional" in example sentences

Hours before the vote, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner praised what he called her "exceptional talent and broad experience." ❋ Unknown (2011)

His book is full of examples of what he calls "exceptional patients" who used their illness experience to give themselves permission to find their true, authentic selves and in so doing, creatively induced a type of self-healing. ❋ Trish Kinney (2011)

We have got some very extreme drought conditions into the southwest but it's right here in the Southeast where we have what we call exceptional drought. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Suppose some strange fancy had seized upon my imagination -- that is the doctor's cant word for all phenomena which we call exceptional -- some strange fancy that ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

The German court found that enacting any data retention legislation requires a regard for what it termed the exceptional intensity of the interference with human rights that result from such measures. ❋ Administrator (2010)

In another development, Egypt closed the Rafah crossing to all but what it called exceptional cases on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, after five years of her daughter receiving what she calls exceptional care, Zeller is concerned the hospital will close, forcing her to travel to and from her Suffield home to Boston - a trip three times as long - to find another pediatrician who specializes in childhood arthritis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, I've left aside numerous issues -- you rarely know * whether* the subject actually has the intel you seek, or is even really a "bad guy" -- torture is most useful for extracting confessions to what you want to hear (historically, that's how it's been used) -- and once torture is condoned in "exceptional" cases, it tends to quickly spread, because everything starts to look like a nail when you have a hammer. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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