REMARKABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remarkable mean? 

• REMARKABLE (adjective)
  The adjective REMARKABLE has 2 senses:

1. unusual or striking

2. worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual

  Familiarity information: REMARKABLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMARKABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unusual or striking

Synonyms:

remarkable; singular

Context example:

such poise is singular in one so young

Similar:

extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual

Synonyms:

notable; noteworthy; remarkable

Context example:

a notable increase in the crime rate

Similar:

important; significant (important in effect or meaning)

 Context examples 

You will feel loved, and you should—this is a remarkable month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The elevation of frames of poles caught his eye; yet this in itself was not so remarkable, being done by the same creatures that flung sticks and stones to great distances.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“Right now, some studies show really a remarkable modification of those markers,” Su says.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Of my friend Heep, said Mr. Micawber, who is a man of remarkable shrewdness, I desire to speak with all possible respect.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There was a remarkable degree of communication between the two types of stem cell: in a sense, the cells were telling each other where in the embryo to place themselves.

(Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells, University of Cambridge)

Immunotherapy has led to remarkable results for some patients’ cancers, eradicating difficult-to-treat tumors and, in some cases, causing complete remission of disease.

(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

The scientific significance of the research has been described as ‘truly remarkable’ and compared to the discovery of the first fossils.

(Oldest genetic evidence of Hepatitis B virus found in ancient DNA from 4,500 year-old skeletons, University of Cambridge)

"A most remarkable creature," said I.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is the latest finding that shows remarkable similarities between Earth and Titan, the only other world we know of in our solar system that has stable liquid on its surface.

(Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has 'Sea Level' Like Earth, NASA)

He found remarkable uniformity, with similar minerals throughout.

(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)