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English Dictionary: unusual by the DICT Development Group
2 results for unusual
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unusual
adj
  1. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
    Antonym(s): usual
  2. being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
    Synonym(s): strange, unusual
    Antonym(s): familiar
  3. not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer unusual"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unusual \Un*u"su*al\, a.
      Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of
      unusual grace or erudition. -- {Un*u"su*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Un*u"su*al*ness}, n.
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