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What does extra mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word extra? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
  2. (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
  3. (Canada) Over-the-top; going beyond what is normal or expected, often in a dramatic mannner.
Adverb
  1. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
Noun
  1. Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
  2. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
  3. (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry.
  4. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
  5. Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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