extra
249
2.0
- adverb
- /ˈɛkstrə/
- Informal
- I think that they just want to be extra careful moving into the final stages, just as a precautionary measure.
- extra hard
- extra careful
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- This is the one that's supposed to be extra long, so we'll see.
- I know them, but they had to work extra hard to get there.
- So I will now be extra cautious about how I read them.
- I hope that you guys were feeling extra special on your special birthday day.
- I don't know what the pricing is extra extra small or extra small.
Examples
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Well, we must work extra hard to make sure the manor is spotless.
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So we have to try extra hard this week.
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- Yeah, traffic is extra bad today.
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We just want to be extra careful.
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Please be extra careful with this lady.
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"I guess we'll have to work extra hard tomorrow," I say.
Fiction book (1998) -
In class, he soon found he had to be extra careful.
Fiction book (2001) -
We potentially have a franchise quality-control person coming, a secret shopper, so my food people, you have gotta be extra careful with the portions.
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As we zipped our coats and said our goodbyes, every gesture felt extra weighty.
Fiction book (2002) -
We need to be extra careful when handling fragile items.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
More than usual
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
855
2.3
To a very great degree
189
3.5
To a degree that is too much or not wanted
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
107
3.3
More than normal or expected
73
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
41
4.4
Adds emphasis to say something is very strong
35
2.4
To a greater degree than usual
30
3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
18
4.6
In a way that is not normal or usual
10
5.3
To a much higher level than usual
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
17
3.3
A point given after a touchdown when a team kicks the ball through the goalposts
- Specialized
1
5.1
A special payment a company gives people who own its shares when it has extra money
- Specialized
Extra money employers pay employees for work beyond their normal tasks
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
The adverb extra also comes from Latin extra meaning 'beyond', so when you say someone did something extra, you mean they did it 'more than usual' or to an unusually high degree.