adjective
Other Word Forms
- excellently adverb
- superexcellent adjective
- superexcellently adverb
- unexcellent adjective
- unexcellently adverb
Etymology
Origin of excellent
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin excellent-, stem of excellēns, present participle of excellere excel
Example Sentences
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This one was asked of the players by the interim boss in the dressing room as they trailed at half-time to an excellent Crystal Palace side.
From BBC
Both managers will need the comfort of a darkened room to figure out how they could be so excellent in one half and so poor in another, Danny Rohl most of all.
From BBC
Scottish smoked salmon, on the other hand, is genuinely excellent.
From Salon
Marta’s presentation of George Sherman is an excellent reminder that talent can easily outpace one’s résumé.
Allegra Goodman’s family saga coaxes, in Sam Sacks’s words, “excellent, bone-dry humor” out of the skirmishes and long-running battles among members of a loving, fractious clan.
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