remarkableadjective
uk/rɪˈmɑː.kə.bəl/us/rɪˈmɑːr.kə.bəl/B2 unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning:
Nelson Mandela was a truly remarkable man.
Meeting you here in Rome is a remarkable coincidence.
The 20th century was remarkable for its inventions.
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- She has remarkable powers of observation.
- We witnessed a remarkable chain of events in eastern Europe in 1989.
- An Olympic gold medal is the only thing that has evaded her in her remarkable career.
- The book celebrates the hostages' remarkable triumph over appalling adversity.
- The workmanship which went into some of these pieces of furniture was truly remarkable.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unique and unusual
- accidental
- alt-
- alternative
- alternative lifestyle
- be marked out as sth idiom
- be one in a million idiom
- extraordinary
- fantastic
- guerrilla
- incongruous
- inimitable
- irreplaceable
- personalize
- random
- rarity
- refreshing
- remarkably
- signally
- singular
- singularly
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