Extraordinary
Extraordinary adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Usage example: the marine is being cited for extraordinary courage
Ordinary is an antonym for extraordinary in topics: remarkable, unusual, peculiar, strange and wonderful.
Nearby Word: extraordinarily
Ordinary
Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Usage example: it was a perfectly ordinary and undistinguished shirt
Both words in one sentence
- It doesn't distinguish sharply between extraordinary and ordinary citizens, explaining that it is toxic to regard some people having more worth than others.
Source: The Chosen One -
By deconstructing the trope The Chosen One, this film expertly averts sharply defining the terms ordinary and extraordinary, explaining that everyone has the capacity to be special and creative without a prophecy unfairly singling out those who deserve to be special.
Source: An Aesop - Gantz. It's only the longest, most shellshock / ordinary reactions to extraordinary circumstances / stresstesting ordinary Japanese-themed gritty allegory around.
Source: Heroic BSOD / Anime and Manga
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