Adjective

(en-adj)

(not comparable) Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.

(obsolete) Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.

Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.

Strange, unusual.

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(not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.

* (Sir Walter Scott), Guy Mannering – or The Astrologer

I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.

(not comparable) Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.

(not comparable) Casual, irregular, not planned.

(not comparable, in combination with a number, not comparable) About, approximately.

(not comparable) Not divisible by two; not even.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.

Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.

(slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.

After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.

(poker slang) A pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down

(poker slang) three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud

I was dealt three of a kind, wired .

(informal, of people or communities) connected to the Internet; online

* 2002 , Derek Da Cunha, Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state (page 247)

In typical Singaporean style, however, once the decision to get wired was made, the various agencies moved to ensure the Internet diffused very quickly.

* 2004 , Cincinnati Magazine (volume 38, number 3, December 2004, page 44)

Coffee drinkers now have yet another way to get wired . Laptop and Tablet PC users can have their double grande mocha lattes and surf the Web simultaneously at STARBUCKS