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Unusual

adjective

Not usual or common or ordinary. "A man of unusual ability" , "Cruel and unusual punishment" , "An unusual meteorite"

Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird. Synonym: strange. "A strange fantastical mind" , "What a strange sense of humor she has"

Not commonly encountered.

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"Unusual" Quotes from Famous Books

... sister Pris couldn't bear to disturb the little plan, much as she disapproved of it. They were poor, and every penny had to be counted. There were plenty of neighbors to gossip and criticise, and plenty of friends to make disagreeable remarks on any unusual extravagance. Pris saw things with the prudent eyes of thirty, but Kitty with the romantic eyes of seventeen; and the elder sister, in the kindness of her heart, had no wish to sadden life to those bright young eyes, or deny the child a harmless pleasure. She sewed ...

— Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories • Louisa M. Alcott

... the Colonel later that evening to his wife, spreading his hands out as he spoke. "Yes, my dear, I have made a discovery, and an alarming one. You know, I'm rarely at fault where the children are concerned—and I've noted all the symptoms with unusual care. James, my dear, is an ...

— Jimbo - A Fantasy • Algernon Blackwood

... an unusual one. She lived within driving distance of one of Ohio's largest colleges—only an hour by train to the state capital. Fortune had truly smiled and selected her for happiness, but from the first it was self or her family and no further ...

— Our Nervous Friends - Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness • Robert S. Carroll

... day, and at another time would have been fascinated by the unusual-looking objects the blacks pointed out; but now he wanted to find the convict, and everything else was as nothing; for he felt certain that if the party came over from Port Jackson, the result would be that ...

— First in the Field - A Story of New South Wales • George Manville Fenn

... Calvin Gray was thoroughly enjoying himself. Here was an enterprise with all the possibilities of a first-class adventure, and of the sort, moreover, that he was peculiarly qualified to cope with. It possessed enough hazard to lend it the requisite zest, it was sufficiently unusual to awaken his keenest interest; he experienced an agreeable exaltation of spirit, but no misgivings whatever as to the outcome, for he held the commanding cards. Little remained, it seemed to him, except to play them ...

— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach

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