Exceptional

Definition: Exceptional

Exceptional

Adjective

1. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents".

2. Surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?".

3. (psychology) deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence; "special educational provisions for exceptional children".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exceptional" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Etymology: Exceptional \Ex*cep"tion*al\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression exceptionnel.]. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Exceptional

Disagreement

Adjective: disagreeing; Verb: discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional; intrusive, incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated; inharmonious, unharmonious; inconsonant, unconsonant; divergent, repugnant to.

Extraneousness

Excluded; inadmissible; exceptional.

Inexpectation

Unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for; dropped from the clouds; beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation; out of one's reckoning; unheard of; (exceptional); startling, surprising; sudden; (instantaneous).

Nonimitation

Adjective: unimitated, uncopied; unmatched, unparalleled; inimitable; unique, original; creative, inventive, untranslated; exceptional, rare, sui generis uncommon, unexampled.

Qualification

Adjective: qualifying; Verb: qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged; conditional; exceptional; (unconformable).

Speciality

Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical.

Unconformity

Adjective: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.

Crosswords: Exceptional

I am an exceptional thief, Mrs. McClane (Die Hard; writing credit: Jeb Stuart)

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Books

• The Exceptional Child: Mainstreaming in Early Childhood Education/Instructors Guide (reference)

• Designing for the handicapped: the mentally retarded, the mentally ill, the maladjusted, the blind, the deaf, those with learning difficulties, the gifted or exceptional child (reference)

• Exceptional children: the identification, assessment and education of maladjusted, slow learning and gifted children (reference)

• Maximal Subgroups of Exceptional Algebraic Groups (Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 441) (reference)

• Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned About Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience With Exceptional Patients (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Exceptional Child Education Resources (reference)

• Exceptional Children (reference)

• Exceptional Parent (reference)

• Focus On Exceptional Children (reference)

• Teaching Exceptional Children (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Irresponsible Captain Tylor - OVA Collection 1 - An Exceptional Episode (reference)

• Theodore Tugboat - Exceptional Friends (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 1953: An Exceptional Encounter (reference)

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Citing "exceptional accomplishments and contributions to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ... Credit: NASA.

John L. Levitow examines the cockpit of the C-17 named for him, the Spirit of John L. Levitow, Jan. 23, 1998 in Long Beach, Calif. Levitow, one of only 16 airmen awarded the Medal of Honor for exceptional heroism during wartime died Nov. 8 at his home in.

In California's Salinas Valley, where much of America's lettuce is produced, ARS researcher Edward Ryder and colleague William Waycott, scrutinize an exceptional array of unique lettuces. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Patrick Tregenza..

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The German Government undertakes not to institute any exceptional proceedings against these persons or their families nor to take any repressive or vexatious measures of any kind whatsoever against them on this account. (reference)

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But sad to say, from time to time the exceptional is necessary

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Business

Demand for this equipment is met to an extent, nevertheless in this competitive environment, a few new players could enter if they play their cards right (i.e. look for an exceptional representative already known in the market). (references)

In 1998, the market started to stabilize with a 3.8 percent increase that year after two years of exceptional growth of 18 and 13 percent respectively in 1996 and 1997. The reasons for the slowdown beginning in 1998 are that, first and foremost, large investments were made in those two years. (references)

Aftermarket (AM) sales increased 6% and represented 29% of overall component demand (well over half of which - 61%- was covered by imports, which themselves increased by 9%). The exceptional market share of AM imports is attributable to the development of modern distribution channels and transnational operators, the improved performance of foreign automotive organizations and greater competitiveness of imported products (due especially to the fall in the exchange rates of the currencies of many south-east Asian countries). (references)

Civil Liberties

Croatia

Under exceptional circumstances, the Government legally may restrict the right to enter or leave the country if necessary to protect the "legal order, health, rights, or freedoms of others." All persons must register their residence with the local authorities; however, no problems were reported with registration. (references)

Hong Kong

The 1951 U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol does not extend to Hong Kong, and the SAR eliminated its first asylum policy (extended only to Vietnamese) in 1998. On a case-by-case basis, the Director of Immigration has discretion to grant refugee status or asylum in cases of exceptional humanitarian or compassionate need, but the Immigration Ordinance does not provide foreigners any right to have their asylum claim recognized. (references)

Economic History

Canada

Franchises have enjoyed exceptional success here. (references)

Human Rights

Bolivia

Supreme Court review, the third stage, is restricted to cases involving exceptional circumstances. (references)

Hong Kong

Since the controversy, the Government has expressed its intention to make recourse to the NPC interpretation mechanism a rare and exceptional act. (references)

Uzbekistan

Officially most court cases are open to the public but may be closed in exceptional cases, such as those involving state secrets, rape, or young defendants. (references)

Political Economy

Slovak Republic

A disproportionate number of unemployed are Roma, who face exceptional difficulties in finding and holding jobs, partly as a result of discrimination. (references)

IRELAND

Ireland offers exceptional trade and business opportunities in the technological services sector, particularly for e-commerce and other internet related businesses. (references)

PORTUGAL

The Bank of Portugal, however, retains the right to impose temporary restrictions in exceptional circumstances and the import or export of gold or large amounts of currency must be declared to customs. (references)

Trade

Qatar

Arabic stickers are accepted on an exceptional basis. (references)

Spain

Safeguard clauses: Under exceptional circumstances, the law authorizes the Spanish government to prohibit or limit certain financial transactions with non-residents. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi American Bank led other banks announcing an exceptional rise in profits, from $240.6 million in 1999 to $534.7 million in 2000, more than 122 percent increase. (references)

Travel

Spain

The Spanish police may grant additional three month stays in Spain for exceptional circumstances. (references)

Women

Switzerland

The 5-year residency requirement may be reduced to 3 years under exceptional circumstances. (references)

Worker Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the RS overtime is limited to 10 hours, although an employees may volunteer for an additional 10 hours in exceptional circumstances. (references)

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Expressions using "exceptional": be exceptional ♦ exceptional case ♦ exceptional child ♦ exceptional children ♦ exceptional circumstances clause ♦ exceptional consignment ♦ exceptional flood ♦ exceptional operation ♦ exceptional overload ♦ exceptional performance ♦ exceptional transport ♦ exceptional youth. Additional references.

Ending with "exceptional": good-to-exceptional.

Afrikaans

uitsonderlik. (various references)

Albanian

i veçantë (characteristic, detached, discrete, distinct, distinctive, especial, exclusive, extra, extra special, individual, odd, of one's own, off, particular, particularized, peculiar, pet, queer, racy, rare, separate, single, sole, special, specific, uncommon), i jashtëzakonshëm (egregious, emergency, exceeding, exceptive, exclusive, extraordinary, heroic, inconceivable, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, sole, stupendous, terrible, thumping, transcendent, transcendental, uncommon, unthinkable, unusual, wonderful). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), ‏نادر (anecdotic, close, exceptive, few and far between, infrequent, out of the ordinary, phenomenal, rare, recherche, scarce, tight, uncommon, unusual), ‏الشاذ (irregular), ‏إستثنائي (especial, exceptive, extraneous, extraordinary, freak, freaked, mighty, out of the ordinary, particular, phenomenal, premium, prodigious, rare, remarkable, singular, special, terrific, thundering, uncommon, unusual), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous). (various references)

Bulgarian 

необикновен (devilish, different, distinct, extraordinary, extreme, freak, freakish, novel, out, out of the ordinary, out of the way, phenomenal, portentous, quaint, remarkable, singular, special, unaccustomed, unaverage, uncommon, unconventional, unheard of, unusual, weird), изключителен (especial, exceptive, exclusive, extraordinary, inimitable, one in a thousand, phenomenal, rare, rousing, signal, super, superior, surpassing, unaverage, uncommon, unexampled, unique, unusual, vintage). (various references)

Chinese 

非常 (extraordinary, extreme, unusual, very), 異常 , 例外 (exception), 優異 . (various references)

Czech

výjimeèný (anomalous, exceptionable, rare, special, uncommon, unusual), nevšední (remarkable, unhackneyed), mimořádný (abnormal, associate, extra, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, phenomenal, special, uncommon). (various references)

Danish

ekstraordinær dividende (exceptional dividend), ekstraordinær finansiel bistand (exceptional financial assistance), ekstraordinaer bistand (exceptional aid), ekstraordinaer fortjeneste (exceptional merit), ekstraordinaer reserve (exceptional reserve), en saadan foretrukken orientering kan foelges op helt fra den stoebte tilstand for at opnaa saerlige magnetiske egenskaber efter valsning (this kind of preferred orientation might be sought after in the as-cast state so as to obtain exceptional magnetic properties after rolling), exceptionelle handelsforanstaltninger for lande og territorier, der deltager i eller er knyttet til Den Europæiske Unions stabiliserings- og associeringsproces (exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process), exceptionelt barn (exceptional youth, maladjusted youth), i saerlige tilfaelde, der behoerigt begrundes (in properly circumstantiated exceptional cases), for senderroer, som arbejder ved spaendinger lavere end 20 kV, forekommer de i tabellen givne eksponeringshastigheder kum i undtagelsestilfaelde, hvor okkupationsfaktoren i det paagaeldende omraade praktisk talt er nul (for transmitting valves operating at voltages lower than 2O kV, the exposure rates given in the table are entirely exceptional, they only occur in the areas concerned when the occupancy factor is normally zero), Det paritetiske Udvalg for praemier for saerlig Tjenesteindsats (Joint Committee on Exceptional Service Bonuses), ganske saerlige omstaendigheder (exceptional circumstances), usædvanlig transport (exceptional consignment, exceptional transport, special consignment), i undtagelses/tilfaelde (in exceptional circumstances), ikke-indkalkulerede omkostninger (exceptional non-recurring costs), klausul for særlige omstændigheder (bracketed provisions, exceptional circumstances clause), lejlighedsvise aktioner (exceptional measures), reserve til ekstraordinaere foranstaltninger (exceptional reserve), rubrikken kortfristede laan og kreditter omfatter de laan og kreditter,som ikke er indskud,og hvis loebetid ved udstedelsen normalt er paa maksimalt ét aar og undtagelsesvis maksimalt to aar (agreed by contract, is normally one year at the maximum, or in exceptional cases 2 years at the maximum, the heading short term loans covers all credits which are not in the form of deposits and whose original maturity), rubrikken mellem-og langfristede laan og kreditter omfatter de kreditter,som ikke er indlaan,og hvis loebetid ved udstedelsen normalt er paa mindst ét aar og i saerlige tilfaelde mindst to aar (agreed by contract, and in exceptional cases 2 years at the minimum, is normally one year at the minimum, the heading medium and long term loans covers all credits which are not in the form of deposits, whose original maturity), største tilladelige overlast (exceptional overload), undtagelsestarif (exceptional rate, exceptional tariff, special rate, special tariff), usædvanlig overbelastning (exceptional overload), ganske særlige grunde (exceptional circumstance). (various references)

Dutch

uitzonderlijk, uitzonderlýk. (various references)

Esperanto

escepta. (various references)

Farsi 

استثناءی (Special). (various references)

Finnish

tavaton (extraordinary, uncommon, unheard-of, unusual), tavallisuudesta poikkeava (abnormal, extraordinary, out of the ordinary), poikkeuksellinen. (various references)

French

exceptionnel (exceptive, extraneous), remarquable, hors de série. (various references)

German

außergewöhnlich (exceptionally, extraordinarily, extraordinary, extreme, extremely, out of the ordinary, remarkable, remarkably, uncommon, uncommonly, unseasonably, unusual). (various references)

Greek 

εξαιρετικόσ (outstanding, special), εξαιρετικός (outstanding). (various references)

Hebrew 

יוצא מן �"כלל (exception, extraordinary, odd, particular, unusual). (various references)

Hungarian

kivételes (be exceptional, exceptive, extraordinary, extreme, out of the ordinary, rare, unique). (various references)

Indonesian

luar biasa (colossal, extraordinary, formidable, immensely, incredible, phenomenal, preternatural, remarkable, unbelievable). (various references)

Italian

eccezionale (bumper, cool, exception, exeption, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, remarkable, swell, terrific). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

異数 (phenomenal, unusual), 異例 (exception, illness, singular, unprecedented), � �段 (remarkable, special), � �別 , 例外的 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かくべつ, かく� �" (remarkable, special), いすう (phenomenal, unusual), いれい (authority, comfort the spirit, exception, illness, singular, unconventionality, unprecedented, violation of law), れいがいてき. (various references)

Korean 

좋은 (GOOD, NICE). (various references)

Manx

neuchadjin (especial, odd, out of the way, rare, singular, uncommon). (various references)

Norwegian

usedvanlig (extraordinary). (various references)

Papiamen

eksepshonal. (various references)

Pig Latin

exceptionalay.(various references)

Portuguese

excepcional (exceptive, excessive, extra, extraordinary, king-size, over, rare, remarkable, singular, special, superior, uncommon, unusual). (various references)

Romanian

excepţional (awful, beyond compare, exceptionally, exceptive, extraordinary, felicitous, fine, highly satisfactory, outstanding, rarely, smashing, special, topping, uncommon, wonderfully), rar (choice, far between, infrequent, lank, lanky, occasionally, rare, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, slowly, sparse, thin, thinly, uncommon, unusual), proeminent (beetle, clean-cut, pre eminent, prominent, protuberant, remarkable, salient), neobişnuit (different, extraordinary, fresh, novel, odd, out, out of the way, particular, portentous, remarkable, singular, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, unused, unusual, unwonted), minunat (beautiful, beautifully, best, brave, bright, capital, champion, charming, delightfully, jolly, lovely, magic, magical, marvellous, miraculous, paradisaic, paradisaical, passing, proud, royal, special, splendid, strange, superb, superbly, supernatural, tiptop, wonderful, wonder-working). (various references)

Russian 

исключительный (exceptive, exclusive, only, out of the ordinary, out of the way, sole, surpassing, transcendent). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izuzetan (uncommon). (various references)

Spanish

excepcional (banner, exceptionable, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, rare, singular, unusual). (various references)

Swedish

enstaka (isolated, occasional, odd, one off, single, sporadic, stray). (various references)

Thai

ยอ�"เยี่ยม (excellent, exquisite, splendiferous). (various references)

Turkish

ender (rare, unusual), olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), nadir (few and far between, infrequent, rare, scarce, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), istisna (exception), fevkalade (exceptionally, extraordinary, fantastically, marvellous, marvelous, out of this world, par excellence, remarkable, supremely, that takes the cake, wondrous). (various references)

Ukrainian

винятковий (egregious, especial, exceptive, exclusive, only, particular, preternatural, single, singular, surpassing), надзвичайний (abysmal, dense, dreadful, egregious, exceeding, extreme, prodigious, snorting, uncommon, unusual, water, woundy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

khác thường (peculiar, preciously, prowess, supernormal, superordinary, uncommon), hiếm có ngoại lệ, đặc biệt (distinguished, especial, extra, individual, particular, particularly, racy, ripping, scrumptious, special, specially, topping). (various references)

Welsh

eithriadol. (various references)

egregia, egregiae, egregii, egregium, egregius, eximius, peculiarem, peculiaria, peculiaris. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "exceptional": exceptionalism, exceptionalisms, exceptionalities, exceptionality, exceptionally, exceptionalness, exceptionalnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "exceptional": unexceptional. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exceptional" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exceptyonall, excertional, exertional. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: exception, explicate.

-3 letters: antelope, antipole, cineplex, conepate, conepatl, election, exaction, leptonic, patience, pentacle, petaline, platonic, poetical, tapeline.

-4 letters: acetone, aconite, alexine, aloetic, apnoeic, calipee, capelet, capelin, capitol, caption, centile, cineole, coalpit, ectopia, elapine, elation, entopic, exciple, exciton, exotica, expiate, explain, explant, exploit, inexact, lactone, lection, lexicon, licente, lineate, nepotic, opaline, optical, paction, panicle.

+2 letters: exceptionable, exceptionably, exceptionally, expectational, unexceptional.

+3 letters: exceptionalism, exceptionality.

+4 letters: exceptionalisms, exceptionalness, exemplification, unexceptionable, unexceptionably.

+5 letters: exceptionability, exceptionalities, exemplifications.