Literary notes about Remarkable (AI summary)
"Remarkable" is employed across literary genres to signal distinctive qualities or phenomena that warrant special attention. In descriptive natural histories, it underscores striking physical characteristics, as seen when unusual feather formations are noted ([1]) or when architecture is distinguished for its distinctive style ([2]). In historical and biographical narratives, it accentuates noteworthy personal attributes or achievements, describing figures with exceptional capacities ([3], [4]) or highlighting singular events that mark significant life moments ([5], [6]). The term also appears in scientific and philosophical discussions to denote unique or anomalous traits in natural phenomena or reasoning ([7], [8]). Thus, whether characterizing the aesthetic, the extraordinary, or the abstract, "remarkable" serves as a marker of special distinction throughout literature.
- has 2 remarkable tufts of long feathers on each side joining the body at the upper joint of the wing.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - The next remarkable object was a large edifice, constructed of moss-grown stone, but in a modern and airy style of architecture.
— from Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne - He’s a most remarkable man—so extremely whimsical!
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens - The Chancellor, some years younger than Livingston, a large, handsome, modest man, was endowed with a remarkable capacity for public life.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - “Mr. Syme,” he said, “this evening you succeeded in doing something rather remarkable.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. Chesterton - It is remarkable that in all such cases the jest must contain something that is capable of deceiving for a moment.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - The Pleuronectidae, or Flat-fish, are remarkable for their asymmetrical bodies.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
