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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exceptional \Ex*cep"tion*al\, adjective [Cf. F. exceptionnel.] Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. --Lyell.
This particular spot had exceptional advantages. --Jowett (Th. ) -- {Ex*cep"tion*al*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
exceptional
adjective
1: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: {exceeding}, {olympian}, {prodigious}, {surpassing}]
2: surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?" [syn: {especial(a)}, {particular(a)}, {special}]
3: deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence; "special educational provisions for exceptional children" [syn: {exceptional(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
163 Moby Thesaurus words for "exceptional": aberrant, abnormal, absolute, anomalous, appalling, astonishing, beguiling, bewildering, celebrated, certain, concrete, conspicuous, crank, crankish, cranky, crotchety, deficient, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, deviant, deviative, different, distinct, distinguished, divergent, dotty, eccentric, egregious, eminent, enigmatic, erratic, esoteric, especial, esteemed, estimable, ethnocentric, excellent, excluding, exclusive, exclusory, express, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, fey, fixed, flaky, formidable, freakish, funny, gifted, good, handicapped, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, inadmissible, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indescribable, individual, ineffable, infrequent, inner, insular, intimate, irregular, kinky, kooky, legendary, maggoty, marked, marvelous, memorable, minute, miraculous, mythical, narrow, noble, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, nutty, odd, oddball, of mark, outlandish, outstanding, parochial, particular, passing strange, peculiar, personal, phenomenal, portentous, precise, preclusive, premium, prescriptive, prestigious, preventive, private, prodigious, prohibitive, prominent, puzzling, queer, quirky, rare, remarkable, rememberable, reputable, respective, restrictive, salient, scarce, screwball, screwy, seclusive, segregative, select, selective, sensational, separative, several, signal, singular, snobbish, solipsistic, special, specific, strange, striking, stupefying, stupendous, superior, talented, telling, twisted, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unexampled, unforgettable, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unnatural, unordinary, unparalleled, unprecedented, unspeakable, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted, wacky, whimsical, wonderful, wondrous, xenophobic
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