Rare and Usual

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Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.

Usage example: even among the prize-winning roses, this one is a rare beauty

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Usual is an antonym for rare in topics: precious, exceptional, not fully cooked.

Nearby Words: rarity, rarely, rareness

Usual adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Usage example: the characters in this novel are drawn with greater depth than is usual for a work of science fiction

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Rare is an antonym for usual in common topic.

Nearby Words: usually, usualness

She also suffers from a rare case of Albinism, making her wings white instead of the usual black, which fits perfectly with her good guy alignment.

Source: Good Wings, Evil Wings
On the rare occasions the Author Avatar appears based on Jo's actual appearance instead of the usual "purple tentacle," he also counts.

Source: Black and Nerdy
Captain Kenpachi Zaraki of Squad 11 in a rare case actually styles his hair like that instead of the usual case of it just being so.

Source: Shonen Hair

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