remarkable

remarkable
[[t]rɪmɑ͟ː(r)kəb(ə)l[/t]]
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ADJ-GRADED
Someone or something that is remarkable is unusual or special in a way that makes people notice them and be surprised or impressed.

He was a remarkable man...

It was a remarkable achievement...

It is quite remarkable that doctors have been so wrong about this.

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remarkably [[t]rɪmɑ͟ː(r)kəbli[/t]] ADV-GRADED usu ADV adj/adv, also ADV with cl

The Scottish labour market has been remarkably successful in absorbing the increase in the number of graduates...

Remarkably, the child recovered from a disease which had swept the world, killing and crippling millions.


English dictionary. 2008.

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