Excellent
['eks(ə)l(ə)nt] or ['ɛksələnt]
Definition
(adj.) very good;of the highest quality; 'made an excellent speech'; 'the school has excellent teachers'; 'a first-class mind' .
Editor: Randolph--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.
(a.) Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance.
(adv.) Excellently; eminently; exceedingly.
Editor: Milton
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Superior, eminent, first-rate, sterling, peerless, prime, admirable, matchless, choice, CRACK, exquisite, transcendent, of the best, of the first water, superlatively good.[2]. Virtuous, worthy, good, above or beyond all praise.
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Examples
- He is no doubt born with an appetite--probably, when he is in a safer state of health, he has an excellent appetite. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added: She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Ebrington and I were excellent companions. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To one of the most generous and kindest men in the world, as he is one of the greatest--to my excellent friend, the Marquis of Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Their mutton yields to ours, but their beef is excellent. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- To be brief, their kind attention and my own excellent constitution triumphed over the fever, which had been very severe during five days. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- As he might get an excellent smoke for half the price, he has no need to practise economy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I see him now, excellent and venerable old man! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Mortimer, the gardener, who wheels the Bath chair, is an army pensioner--an old Crimean man of excellent character. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I can see already that he means to live on excellent terms with all of us during the period of his sojourn in this place. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Tom arrived safely, bringing an excellent account of his father's health; but to very little purpose, as far as Mrs. Norris was concerned. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Nothing could exceed in beauty the contrast between these two excellent creatures. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He was sitting in an excellent attitude for having his portrait taken; and here it is. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They were admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives and actions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is a pure, good woman, and will make you an excellent wife; but you have a rival. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Cudjoe is an excellent driver. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This will decide it, said I to myself; for if he says anything is excellent, or charming, or capital, that His Grace utters, I know what I will do. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This excellent woman was worthy of her child's devotion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You think of him as a good counsellor, as an excellent presiding officer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I am sure she will be an excellent servant; and it will be a great comfort to poor Miss Taylor to have somebody about her that she is used to see. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yes; but the worst of it is that though Paul was excellent as a man in the Bible he would hardly have done in real life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- One excellent quality of Mr. Pickwick's character was beautifully displayed at this moment, under the most trying circumstances. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Your moral clap-traps have an excellent effect in England--keep them for yourself and your own countrymen, if you please. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The really excellent gymnastic is twin sister of that simple music which we were just now describing. Plato. The Republic.
- It is an excellent plan to have some place where we can go to be quiet, when things vex or grieve us. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At eight o'clock in the morning an excellent breakfast was served. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The king, who was a man of excellent dispositions, but easily led, had now become a willing disciple of his imperious consort. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Farewell, my dear, excellent, Margaret. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Excellent Elizabeth! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The corn I did receive was excellent, and gave me great pleasure. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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