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Unique

adjective

Radically distinctive and without equal. Synonyms: alone, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled. "This theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem" , "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint" , "Craftsmen whose skill is unequaled" , "Unparalleled athletic ability" , "A breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

(followed by 'to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality.

The single one of its kind. Synonym: singular. "The unique existing example of Donne's handwriting" , "A unique copy of an ancient manuscript" , "Certain types of problems have unique solutions"

Highly unusual or rare but not the single instance. "Had unique ability in raising funds" , "A frankness unique in literature" , "A unique dining experience"

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"Unique" Quotes from Famous Books

... so unique a place in the personal regard of the everyday man? Ford is one of the richest men in the world; yet he is not hated. What is the reason for his general popularity? He is not an idler. He has celebrated each success by taking ...

— Certain Success • Norval A. Hawkins

... Clergy, Protestant and Catholic, was always excellent; true, in a considerable degree, to the real law of things; gentle, but strict, and without shadow of hypocrisy,—in which last fine particular he is singularly unique ...

— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle

... unique selection and arrangement of what has been, touched with something—a degree of life—that has not been before. To rise above heredity is to rise above the downward drag of all the years. It is not escaping the special sin of one ancestor, but the sin of all ancestors. This is the first ...

— The Warriors • Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown

... that in the early morning my horse would soon cover the four miles separating me from the soil of Virginia. As a surveyor, and now as a messenger between Fort Pitt and His Lordship, the Earl of Dunmore, our royal governor, I had utilized this unique shelter more than once when breaking my journey at the junction of the Monongahela ...

— A Virginia Scout • Hugh Pendexter

... couches were harmoniously arranged about the rooms. A wing of the basement was converted into a gymnasium with a brave array of dumbbells, Indian clubs, trapezes and ladders. The great house was complete in every detail, and all Martindale was interested in this unique Home which the Lilac Lady was founding. But, though the offers to help were many, the lame girl refused them all and pushed the work ...

— The Lilac Lady • Ruth Alberta Brown

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