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   Ex·cep·tion·al

   /ikˈsepSH(ə)nəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. unusual; not typical: "crimes of exceptional callousness and cruelty" Similar unusualuncommonabnormalatypicalextraordinaryout of the ordinaryout of the wayraresingularunprecedentedunexpectedsurprisingstrangeoddqueerbizarrefreakishanomalouspeculiarinconsistentdeviantdivergentaberrantunheard ofout of the commoninformal:weirdway outfreakysomething elsedated:seldomrare:unexampledOpposite usualnormal
   • ▪ unusually good; outstanding: "a pepper offering exceptional flavor and juiciness" Similar outstandingextraordinaryremarkableunusually goodspecialespecialexcellentphenomenalprodigiousunequaledunparalleledunrivaledunsurpassedunsurpassableunexcelledpeerlessmatchlesssecond to nonein a league of their ownfirst-ratefirst-classof the first orderof the first waterinformal:A1top-notchtip-topstellarOpposite average
   • ▪ (of a child) mentally or physically disabled so as to require special schooling: "helping parents of exceptional children"

   Derivatives

   • 1. exceptionality noun

   Scrabble Points: 22

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