[FairWitness]

During those tender years, when his basic personality was being formed, he had the thought-provoking influence of his very intelligent mother as well as the love and care of her extraordinary parents.

I'd be interested to know what data justifies the use of the indicated adjectives. In particular, while the grandparents were obviously comfortably successful, I don't see any reason to use the word "extraordinary".

[BunnySlippers]

I listened to some jerk on the radio a couple of weeks ago describe O as being the most intelligent, extraordinary president the US has ever seen. He said O was better than Lincoln or Washington.

There are nuts in the world.

[wideminded]

During those tender years, when his basic personality was being formed, he had the thought-provoking influence of his very intelligent mother as well as the love and care of her extraordinary parents.

I'd be interested to know what data justifies the use of the indicated adjectives.

Since the mother earned a Ph.D., writing a thesis of over 1000 pages, and was able to work with people speaking a number of foreign languages, I think it's fair to call her very intelligent. Her parents were unusual but not extraordinary.