Definition of extraordinaire

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Each high note had the crowd in ecstasy so that it stopped the show midway in the `` Mad_Scene '' , but the real reason was a realization of the extraordinary performance unfolding at the moment .

There is an extraordinary sense of presence in all of these recordings , apparently obtained at_least in part by emphasizing the middle and high_frequencies .

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

It is extraordinary that a_people as proud and warlike as Southerners should have been as docile as they have .

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

In_any_event , the extraordinary result of this injury was that he became `` psychically blind '' , while at_the_same_time , apparently , the sense_of_touch remained essentially intact .

(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)

Extraordinary precautions were taken so that no stranger be allowed_in the city and no citizen within the enclosure surrounding the scaffold .