Excellent
/ˈɛksələnt/ adj, adv
adj, adv ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having excelled, having surpassed.
- 2 Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
"A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire."
- 3 Exceptionally good of its kind.
"Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam."
- 4 Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
"Elizabeth, therefore, who was an excellent hypocrite"
Adjective
- 1 very good; of the highest quality wordnet
Adverb
- 1 Excellently. obsolete
"Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia […]."
Example
More examples"Your examination results are excellent."
Etymology
From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.