|ən+ adjective
1.
a. : being out of the ordinary : exceptional , remarkable
a scholar of unusual ability
a scene of unusual beauty
b. : deviating from the normal : peculiar , strange
devoted to all that was strange, unusual and exotic in humanity — B.K.Malinowski
excessive bail shall not be required … nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted — U.S. Constitution
2. : being unlike others : different , unique
unusual and highly entertaining variations of the … trick-ending story — William Peden
dscovered an unusual meteorite — Walter Granger
• un·usually “+ adverb