excellent.
Having excelled, having surpassed.
Meaning & usage
Having excelled, having surpassed.
Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Exceptionally good of its kind.
Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.
Excellently.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.
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