- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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