Remarkable
[rɪ'mɑːkəb(ə)l] or [rɪ'mɑrkəbl]
Definition
(adj.) unusual or striking; 'a remarkable sight'; 'such poise is singular in one so young' .
Edited by Angus--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
Typist: Marvin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Noticeable, observable, notable, extraordinary, uncommon, unusual, singular, strange, rare, distinguished, famous, eminent, conspicuous, prominent, striking.
Typist: Montague
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Observable, noticeable, extraordinary, unusual, rare, striking, noteworthy,notable, distinguished, famous, peculiar, prominent, singular
ANT:Unremarkable, unnoticeable, ordinary, mean, commonplace, everyday,undistinguished
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Examples
- For years I had gradually weaned him from that drug mania which had threatened once to check his remarkable career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Darwin's father was remarkable for his powers of observation, while the grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, is well known for his tendency to speculation . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was a remarkable engineering feature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I announced on beginning it that this narrative would be a remarkable document. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am not sufficiently acquainted with such subjects to know whether it is at all remarkable that I almost always dreamed of that period of my life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I now proceed to the second remarkable circumstance, which I proposed to take notice of. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It has been a most remarkable experience. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Remarkable petrefaction, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I told you you had a remarkable face, Mr. Barsad, observed Carton, coolly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then Hubbard discovered a young man in Washington who impressed him as having remarkable executive ability. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Some of Edison's most remarkable inventions are revealed in a number of interesting patents relating to the duplication of phonograph records. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I don't know that your assistant is not as remarkable as your advertisement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- For, it is a remarkable fact in genealogy that no De Any ones ever came over with Anybody else. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Great Geyser and the New Geyser are the most remarkable ones in Iceland, where there are about a hundred altogether. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She was pleased that he said, so simply, that she was a remarkable woman. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I am told you had a remarkable breed of tumblers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I can only repeat that such cases certainly occur, and seem to me very remarkable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- A diagrammatic sketch of this remarkable machine is shown in Fig. 5, which shows a front elevation with the casings, hopper, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Of my friend Heep,' said Mr. Micawber, 'who is a man of remarkable shrewdness, I desire to speak with all possible respect. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was ever remarkable for her perseverance, for her industry. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is in the foregoing manner that the remarkable stereoscopic effect of Sir David Brewster's ghost is produced, a representation of which is given in the next page. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Barff, said the process he had described was remarkable for its great simplicity and the ease with which it could be carried out. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- What is there remarkable about his soup-eating? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We see the same fact in ascending mountains, and sometimes it is quite remarkable how abruptly, as Alph. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was remarkable; but, the taste of Saint Antoine seemed to be decidedly opposed to a rose on the head-dress of Madame Defarge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He had grown thin and careworn, and had lost the loud, cheery manner for which he had been remarkable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Most remarkable, most remarkable, he said. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Thus Mr. Roosevelt has always had a remarkable power of diverting the country from the tariff to the control of the trusts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But the production of the photograph had a remarkable effect upon the manager. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When Monsieur Rigaud laughed, a change took place in his face, that was more remarkable than prepossessing. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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