remarkable
adjUK /ɹɪˈmɑː.kə.bl̩/ · US /ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩/
Etymology From remark + -able, from French remarquable.
1
Worthy of remark; notable; interesting.
- Her remarkable skill in mathematics is better than everyone else's in the class.
- There is one argument commonly employ’d for the immateriality of the soul, which seems to me remarkable.1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV:
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- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.1969, Monty Python, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, in Dead Parrot sketch:
- Sylsalto is a standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. It has no remarkable features.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Sylsalto:
- With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:
2
Uncommon; unusual.
- Derived terms
- Mount Remarkable, nonremarkable, pass-remarkable, remarkableness, remarkable pine, remarkably